Tanjung Datu early voting centres open at 8am

Tanjung Datu early voting centres open at 8am

Almost 2% of registered voters in the by-election will cast their votes today.

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LUNDU: Two early voting centres for the Tanjong Datu state by-election opened at 8am today.

They were Lundu Community Hall in Kampung Sungai Lundu and Sempadi Camp ULS Hall.

A total of 188 voters or 1.9% of the 9,959 registered voters in the by-election comprising of early voters, would cast their votes at these two centres today.

The two centres are among 18 polling stations provided by the Election Commission (EC) to enable voters in the Tanjong Datu state constituency to elect their representative, with polling day set for Feb 18.

The Tanjong Datu by-election is being held following the death of its incumbent Adenan Satem, from heart complications on Jan 11. Adenan was also Sarawak’s fifth Chief Minister.

The Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the by-election is Adenan’s widow, Jamilah Anu.

Meanwhile at the Kampung Sungai Lundu Community Hall, Sgt Major Mohd Johan Abdullah from the Sarawak Contingent Police Headquarters was the first police personnel to cast his early vote.

Mohd Johan said he came from Kampung Stunggang Dayak, a village in Tanjong Datu and had been exercising his right to vote since he was 25 years old.

According to EC statistics, 101 police personnel and their spouses would be voting in this community hall today, where the media had converged from as early as 7.30am.

The intermittent early morning rain did not hinder military personnel and their spouses from casting their votes at the Firing Range Unit at the Sempadi military camp near here.

Some 87 people are expected to cast their votes at the centre.

EC chairman Mohd Hashim Abdullah, Sarawak EC director Takun Sunggah and First Division Military Commander Maj-Gen Stephen Mundaw were among those who observed the early voting process at the camp.

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