MELAKA: Melaka police will call up the Pakatan Harapan candidate for Telok Mas for bringing along his supporters on Monday (Nov 8) to the nomination centre at the community hall in Teluk Mas.

       Melaka Tengah deputy OCPD Supt Raiz Mukhliz Azman Aziz said the candidate had violated the standard operating procedures set by the Election Commission (EC).

       Filing of nominations papers at all 28 centres, statewide started at 9am.

       The EC has set Nov 20 as the polling date for the Melaka state election and early voting on Nov 16.

       Melaka has 28 state constituencies, with a total of 495,196 registered voters, 254,666 or 51.43% of whom are women and the remaining 240,530 or 48.57% men.