This means that more than 730,000 votes have been cast so far, with polling scheduled to end at 6pm.

There are 2,539,606 voters eligible to cast their ballots in the Johor state elections. Of the 21,407 eligible early voters comprising policemen, soldiers and their spouses, 18,625, or 87%, had already cast their ballots on March 8.

The implementation of Undi18 and the automatic voter registration sees some 750,000 new eligible voters in Johor, though the majority were those above 21 and who had not registered before.

Polling centres in Johor Bahru opened at 8am today under clear, sunny skies with a decent number of voters lining up to vote.

However, there seemed to be a much lower turnout and muted atmosphere in Muar.

A total of 239 candidates comprising 223 candidates from 15 political parties and 16 independents are contesting for 56 seats in this state elections.

The political parties are Barisan Nasional (BN), Perikatan Nasional (PN), Pejuang, Pakatan Harapan (PH), Muda, Warisan, Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM), Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia (Putra), and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM).

There are seven three-cornered fights, 35 four-cornered fights, eight five-cornered fights, four six-cornered fights, and two seven-cornered fights.