KUCHING, Dec 19 — A total of 759,627 voters or 60.67 per cent cast their ballots in the 12th Sarawak state election yesterday, Election Commission (EC ) chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani Salleh said.
He said the number included ordinary, early and postal voters.
For this election, the EC had set a 70 per cent voter turnout target.
However, Abdul Ghani, in a press conference yesterday, said bad weather was among the contributing factors for the low numbers.
Yesterday, a total of 1,866 polling centres involving 3,555 channels were opened for the voting process from 7.30am to 5pm.
The polls saw 82 state seats contested. Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) won 76 seats while Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and DAP only managed four and two seats respectively.
— Bernama
