The Election Commission (EC) today denied that the electoral roll used in the 2016 delimitation exercise in Selangor was invalid.

"The electoral roll is not defective for the want of the address-less 136,272 voters in Selangor."

Senior federal counsel Amarjeet Singh, representing the EC, said this in his submissions in the hearing of the Selangor government's challenge against the EC over the delimitation exercise in the state.

The Selangor government had argued that the EC had used a defective electoral roll for the delimitation exercise as the 136,272 voters in Selangor - as shown on the electoral roll - did not have their corresponding addresses entered on the roll...