Barisan Nasional candidate Yusri Bakir has taken an early lead in the Ayer Kuning by-election in Perak, according to unofficial results.
He is believed to have obtained a lead of 3,275 votes after polling 6,622 votes, against 3,347 for Abd Muhaimin Malek of Perikatan Nasional and 590 for KS Bawani of Parti Sosialis Malaysia.
There are 31,281 registered voters on the electoral roll for the Ayer Kuning by-election, which was called following the death of assemblyman Ishsam Shahruddin on Feb 22.
Voting for the by-election ended at 6pm at all but one of the 19 polling centres today. The centre at SK Toh Tandewa Sakti closed earlier at 4pm.
Ballot boxes were then moved to the vote counting centre at Dewan Merdeka in Tapah.
Official results are expected to be announced as early as 9pm.
About 54% of the 31,281 registered voters had cast their votes by 4pm, while 93% of 500 police personnel and their spouses had voted at two centres on Tuesday.
