KUCHING: A total of
1,086,191 Sarawakians are eligible to vote in the fast-approaching 13th general
election.
State Election
Commission director Datu Takun Sunggah said the cut-off date for eligibility to
vote for the upcoming polls was December 31, 2012.
“Anyone who
registered after that would not be eligible to vote,” he told The Borneo Post
yesterday.
Takun said 436,089
individuals who were eligible to register as voters had yet to register
themselves. This figure constitutes 29 per cent of the 1,522,280 people who are
eligible to become voters.
He said out of those
who were eligible to vote, 21,421 were uniformed personnel, including army and
police personnel and their spouses.
As for overseas
voters, Sarawak only has 92 of them for the upcoming polls.
Sarawak is divided
into 31 parliamentary constituencies and Stampin has the highest number of
voters – 84,820. Miri comes in second with 71,287 and Sibu third with 64,732.
The constituency with
the least number of voters is Igan, which has 17,815 voters. Lawas has 18,883
and Tanjong Manis 19,267 voters.
Kota Samarahan has
the highest number of uniformed personnel voters – 5,205 soldiers and 134
policemen.
Stampin has the
highest number of police personnel – 1,256, and the second highest number of
army personnel – 2,715.
Sibu comes in third
with 2,516 army and 583 policemen.