‘Krian for PKR, Semop and Saribas for BN’

Unofficial results indicate that BN is leading with two seats won and PKR, one.

PETALING JAYA: The Barisan Nasional (BN) looks to have won two seats – Semop and Saribas –at the ongoing 10th Sarawak state election while opposition-based PKR has emerged victorious in one constituency – Krian, early unofficial results indicate.

Polling for these two interior seats closed about noon or 1pm with blogs, twitter accounts and Facebook revealing unofficial results of the state election, which is witnessing contest in all 71 seats up for grabs.

According to these sites, BN’s Mohammad Razi Sitam has won the N30 Saribas seat (N30) beating Abang Zulkifli Abang Engkeh of PKR.

In Semop seat (N36), BN’s Abdullah Sandol beat Ong Chung Seiw of the PKR and Azizi Fauzan, an independent candidate.

Krian (N34) was won by the PKR candidate Ali Biju who beat Peter Nyarok Entrie (BN) by a 3,000-vote majority, Liman Sujang (SNAP) and Banyi Beriak, an independent.

Other areas where opposition PKR is current leading in the vote is Kakus, Tamin, Jepak, Tebedu, Merluan, Tarat

Other areas where opposition PKR is current leading in the vote is Kakus, Tamin, Jepak, Tebedu, Merluan, Tarat

Meanwhile Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, however has differing views. He tweets that BN is leading in 12 seats.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) has come out with a statement cautioning the people that these results were not official.

EC chief Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof has reminded people and voters not to be swayed by unofficial results, which are being disseminated through short messaging system and the Internet.

He said only results announced by the EC were official.

“I have been informed that quite a number of SMS have been sent out notifying the wins by political parties involved. This information cannot be believed. Only the EC announcement is official,” he told Bernama.

He said two-thirds or 1,038 polling stations statewide, mostly in rural areas, were closed as at 1pm.
He said although some polling stations were closed as early as 9am, the counting process only started after 12.30pm.

He was, however, confident that the sluggish voter turnout since morning would pick up in the later part of the day and the turnout for all the 71 seats would reach above 50%.

“As at 1pm, I have information that in 11 constituencies, 43% of the voters have fulfilled their democratic responsibility,” he added.