Jumaat, 22 Mac 2013

1,086,191 S’wakians eligible to vote in 13th GE


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.