The Election Commission is elated with the big turnout of voters at the Batu Talam state by-election today.

The turnout is expected to better the 64 percent achieved in the 2004 general election.

A slight drizzle did not deter the voters from coming out to vote and malaysiakini team was at the Cheroh polling station to capture the election mood.

We trudged along the only main road of the village to capture scenes of the Barisan Nasional election machinery as well.

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the 60-second clip.