Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes

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Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Vote counting at Bukit Batok Secondary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai greets residents at Bukit Batok before the results are announced, on May 7, 2016. Photo: Koh Mui Fong

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai greets residents at Bukit Batok before the results are announced, on May 7, 2016. Photo: Koh Mui Fong

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Members of the public gather at the PAP Bukit Batok branch before the by-election results are announced. Photo: Koh Mui Fong

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP supporters cheering at Bukit Gombak Stadium on May 7, 2016. Photo: Ernest Chua

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP supporters cheering at Bukit Gombak Stadium on May 7, 2016. Photo: Ernest Chua

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai arrives at the PAP Bukit Batok branch on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai at the PAP Bukit Batok branch on May 7, 2016. Photo: Koh Mui Fong

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the PAP Bukit Batok branch on May 7, 2016. Photo: Koh Mui Fong

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Mr Murali's mother and aunt at the PAP Bukit Batok branch on May 7, 2016. Photo: Koh Mui Fong

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Mr Murali Pillai leaving Keming Primary School counting centre, at 9.20pm on May 7, 2016. Photo: Robin Choo

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP candidate Chee Soon Juan arrives at Keming Primary School. His wife and children are in the car with him. Photo: Laura Philomin

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — A crowd gathers at the PAP Bukit Batok branch on May 7, 2016. Photo: Wong Pei Ting

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP supporters at Bukit Gombak Stadium checking their phones after the release of sample count results on May 7, 2016. Photo: Raj Nadarajan

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP supporters at Bukit Gombak Stadium on May 7, 2016. Photo: Wong Casandra

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai (in white) shaking hands with SDP's Paul Thambyah at Keming Primary School counting centre, at 8.30pm on May 7, 2016. Photo: Robin Choo

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP supporters at Bukit Gombak Stadium on May 7, 2016. Photo: Raj Nadarajan

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai arriving at Keming Primary School counting centre on May 7, 2016. Photo: Robin Choo

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Vote counting at Bukit Batok Secondary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Vote counting at Bukit Batok Secondary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Vote counting at Bukit Batok Secondary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Vote counting at Bukit Batok Secondary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Vote counting at Bukit Batok Secondary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Ballot boxes arrive at Keming Primary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Laura Philomin

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Ballot boxes arrive at Bukit Batok Secondary School on May 7, 2016. Photo: Wong Pei Ting

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Ballot boxes sent to a counting centre. Photo: Raj Nadarajan

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Ballot box being sealed at a polling station on May 7, 2016. Photo: Raj Nadarajan

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai at Keming Primary School, a counting centre. Photo: Laura Philomin

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP and SDP counting/polling agents in the hall at Bukit Batok Secondary. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Inspecting the sealing of a ballot box at a polling station. Photo: Raj Nadarajan

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Bukit Batok Secondary School, a counting centre for the Bukit Batok by-election, on May 7, 2016. Photo: Wong Pei Ting

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP candidate Murali Pillai at Bukit Batok Secondary School. Photo: Ernest Chua

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP's Christopher Ang at a counting centre on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP's Bryan lim enters Bukit Batok Secondary School, a counting centre for the Bukit Batok by-election, on May 7, 2016. Photo: Jason Quah

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP's Bukit Batok candidate Murali Pillai at a polling station on May 7, 2016. Photo: Raj Nadarajan

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP's Bukit Batok candidate Murali Pillai leaving a polling station on May 7, 2016. Photo: Raj Nadarajan

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP's Bukit Batok candidate Chee Soon Juan delivering lunch to the polling agents at a polling station at Block 105A Bukit Batok Central, on May 7, 2016. Photo: Koh Mui Fong

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — SDP's Dr Chee Soon Juan drops in at the polling station at Blk 105A, Bukit Batok Central. Photo: Koh Mui Fong/TODAY

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Voters outside the polling station at Bukit Batok Secondary School. PPhoto: Ernest Chua/TODAY

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — PAP's Murali Pillai at the polling station at Blk 105A, Bukit Batok Central. Photo: Koh Mui Fong/TODAY

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Voters outside the polling station at Blk 105A, Bukit Batok Central. Photo: Koh Mui Fong/TODAY

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Voters inside the polling station at Bukit Batok Secondary School. Photo: Ernest Chua/TODAY

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Voters determined to cast their ballot at the Bukit Batok by-election. Photo: Ernest Chua/TODAY

Bukit Batok by-election: 83% of registered electors have cast their votes — Photo: Ernest Chua/TODAY

SINGAPORE — As of 5pm on Saturday (May 7), some 21,566 people (83 per cent of registered voters) have cast their votes in the Bukit Batok by-election, according to a statement from the Elections Department.

There are 25,727 eligible voters in the ‪Bukit Batok‬ single member ward who will be picking a new Member of Parliament to replace Mr David Ong, who resigned abruptly in March.

This by-election is a straight fight between Mr Murali Pillai of the People's Action Party and Dr Chee Soon Juan of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP).

Polls will close at 8pm.

Source: TODAY

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