Malaysia to Hold 6 State Polls Next Month in Test for Anwar
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Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim will face his biggest popularity test on Aug. 12, when nearly half of the country’s states head to the polls to vote for regional governments.
Some 9.8 million voters will be eligible to choose between Anwar’s multiracial unity government and the Malay-majority federal opposition pact in six of the nation’s 13 states. Nominations for the polls will be on July 29, Election Commission Chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh said at a briefing in Putrajaya Wednesday, allowing for a two-week campaign period.