The Borneo Post
Posted on April 17, 2011, Sunday
KUCHING: Following are some highlights of the 10th Sarawak election as announced by Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof here tonight.
BN clinched 55 seats by garnering 372,379 votes overall.
DAP won 12 seats after obtaining 134, 847 votes overall.
Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) secured three seats from a total of 117,100 votes garnered.
One independent candidate (out of 41 independents) secured a seat after he managed to obtain 5,740 votes.
Three other parties in the fray failed to win a single seat, namely SNAP which polled 15,663 votes overall, PAS (9,719 votes) and Parti Cinta Malaysia (2,895 votes).
The last result received was for the Kakus seat which was announced at 11pm.
Number of voters – 682,854 (Total registered voters – 961,433)
Voter turnout – 70 per cent
Spoilt votes – 8,224
Seat with the highest winning margin – Bukit Assek (8,827 votes)
Seat with the lowest winning margin – Senadin (58 votes)
Total votes garnered by Independent candidates – 20,064
Number of candidates losing their deposit for failing to secure one eighth of the overall votes cast in their respective constituencies – 71
Source: Bernama
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