Sarawak election: Early voting opens at 8am

03 May 2016 / 13:37 H.
    Sarawak election: Early voting opens at 8am
    Policewomen Lilimi Gomilus, 25, shows her finger which has been painted with indelible ink after casting her ballot during the early voting for the 11th Sarawak state election, Sibu, May 3, 2016. — Bernama

KUCHING: Early voting in the 11th Sarawak state election begins at 8am today.

A total of 24,604 early voters will be casting their ballots at 79 polling centres.

The figure does not include early voters for the Bukit Kota and Bukit Sari seats which were won uncontested by Barisan Nasional candidates.

Thirty-three of the 79 voting centres will close at 2pm and the rest at 5pm.

Counting of these ballots will start at 4pm on polling day (May 7). It will be done at the vote tallying centres in the presence of polling agents of the respective candidates.

The electoral roll shows that Stakan constituency has the highest number of early voters with 7,055, followed by Bukit Sentosa (3,163), Nangka (3,043), Batu Kawah (1,241) and Sri Aman (1,075). — Bernama

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