Malaysia’s TikTok election: under-21s head to polls for first time

Saturday's poll is first since voting age was lowered to 18, meaning there are 6m more voters than in 2018

Malaysians will vote in a tightly contested general election on Saturday, after two weeks of fierce campaigning in which politicians have sought to woo millions of young voters by embracing Instagram and TikTok trends.

Saturday's election is the first since constitutional changes lowered the voting age to 18 and automatically registered voters, meaning there are 6 million more voters than at the previous election in 2018. It is believed to be the first time people under 40 make up the majority of the electorate.