Nomination for the Batang Ai, Sarawak, has been set for March 29, with polling on April 7, concurrently with both key days for the two other by-elections in Bukit Gantang, Perak, and Bukit Selambau, Kedah.
The Election Commission (EC) has expressed confidence that it can handle three by-elections simultaneously.
The latest by-election was prompted by the death of assemblyman Datuk Dublin Unting Ingkot on Feb 24 after suffering a stroke several months earlier. Unting, 55, was the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) vice-president and state sports and agriculture assistant minister.
The Bukit Gantang parliamentary by-election in Perak is necessitated by the death of Roslan Shaharum of Pas on Feb 9 because of a heart attack while that for the state seat of Bukit Selambau in Kedah because its assemblyman V. Arumugam of Parti Keadilan Rakyat resigned on Feb 8.
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