SUNGAI BESAR: After 12 days of campaigning, 42,365 Sungai Besar voters will finally go to the polls, Saturday.

A total of 28 polling districts will be opened from 8am to 5pm at two state constituencies, Sungai Panjang and Sekinchan.

The by-election will see a three-way fight between Barisan Nasional's Budiman Mohd Zohdi, who is also a Sungai Panjang assemblyman, PAS' Dr Abdul Rani Osman who is also a Meru assemblyman, and Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah)'s Azhar Abdul Shukur.

When the polling closes at 5pm, all the ballot boxes would be brought to the tallying centre at Dewan Seri Bernam and the results would be known as early as 9pm, the same day.

The Election Commission has targeted at least 75 percent voter turnout, as compared to 88 percent in the previous General Election.

The federal seat of Sungai Besar in Selangor has 42,655 registered voters that consist of 42,365 normal voters, 286 early voters and four absentee voters.

Early voting had taken place on June 14, and 92.6 percent or 265 voters have cast their ballots.

The by-election was held following the death of its member of Parliament Tan Sri Noriah Kasnon in a helicopter crash near Sebuyau, Sarawak on May 5 ahead of the state election.

Simultaneously in KUALA KANGSAR, another by-election vote is underway.

A total of 32,632 of the 32,949 voters in the Kuala Kangsar parliamentary constituency are eligible to vote, according to the Election Commission.

The turnout in the last general election, in 2013, was 84.3 per cent in Kuala Kangsar, Perak.

The Kuala Kangsar by-election is being held simultaneously with the Sungai Besar by-election following the deaths of its MMP Datuk Wan Mohammad Khair-il Annuar Wan Ahmad on May 5.

The Kuala Kangsar by-election is a four-cornered contest among Datin Mastura Mohd Yazid of Barisan Nasional, Dr Najihatussalehah Ahmad of PAS, Prof Dr Ahmad Termizi Ramli of Parti Amanah Negara and Independent candidate Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary.

Of the four candidates, only Mastura who is the wife Wan Mohammad is registered as a voter in Kuala Kangsar. Dr Najihatussalehah is a voter in Parit, Perak; Dr Ahmad Termizi, Shah Alam, Selangor; and Izat Bukhary, Kelantan. 

Mastura is expected to cast her vote at the Sekolah Kebagsaan Raja Perempuan Muzwin at 8.30am. It will be the first time she leaves her home during her iddah (mourning) period.