Sarawak polls: 44pct voter turnout as of 1pm - EC

SARAWAK POLLS | The Election Commission (EC) has reported a 44 percent voter turnout in the Sarawak state election as of 1pm today.

A total of 1,213,769 ordinary voters out of 1,252,014 registered voters began fulfilling the democratic responsibilities at 1,866 polling centres in 82 constituencies at 7.30am.

Several centres are expected to close in stages from noon, before the polling ends at 5pm.

On Dec 14, a total of 18,141 out of 20,360 registered early...