10.3 MILLION: That's the number of people aged 21 and above who are eligible to vote.

219: That is the number of parliamentary seats in this elections. (Up by 25 from previous election)

448: Total number of candidates for the 219 parliamentary seats.

505: The number of state seats, in other words 505 lawmakers for 12 state assemblies will be elected for new term.

1120: The number of hopefuls for the 505 state seats.

14: The number of constituent parties that make up the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional.

8: The number of months the election is held ahead of expiry of government's term.

1978: The year PM Abdullah won his first election for the Parliamentary seat of the
Kepala Batas constituency.

11: This is the 11th general election since independence from the British in 1957.

7500: The number of polling stations to open for voting day.

59: The number of parliamentary candidates fielded by Wan Azizah's Keadilan party.

85: The number of PAS parliamentary candidates in this election.

44: The number candidates fielded for parliamentary seats by the Democratic Action Party or DAP.

4: The number of months current PM Abdullah was in office before calling for election.

64: Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's age. He turns 65 on 26 November this year.

22: The number of years former prime ministers Dr Mahathir Mohamad was in office before handing the torch to Abdullah Badawi.