KUCHING: Polling for Sarawak’s 10th state election started at 8am Saturday.
The 979,796 registered voters in the state will choose from 213 candidates to fill the 71 seats of the State Legislative Assembly.
A total of 1,749 polling centres located in schools, community halls, longhouses and multi-purpose halls have been set up. They will remain opened until 5pm.
The Election Commission said the first official result of the polls is expected to be announced by 8pm and the last by 11pm. Delays would occur in the event of heavy rain, storms or flooding.
The highest number of voters in this election is located in the Pending (N10) constituency which has 29,488 voters.
The smallest number of voters is in Rumah TK Pa’ Berang under the Ba’Kelalan seat with 20 people.
A total of 27 helicopters and two fixed-wing airplanes would be used to facilitate the election process.
Barisan Nasional is facing straight fights in 27 seats, three-cornered fights in 23, four-cornered in 17 and five-way contest in two, with two more facing six-cornered fight.
Opposing Barisan Nasional are PKR in 49 seats, DAP (15), PAS (5), SNAP (26), Parti Cinta Malaysia (6 ) and 41 independent candidates.
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Source: The Star
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