The Sarawak legislative assembly election has concluded and results are being tallied. This live report will provide updates on results as they are announced.
Results by constituency, click here. For primer on Sarawak election, click here.
PSB picks up second seat
7.45pm: PSB has picked up a second seat, wresting Engkilili from GPS.
PSB's Johnichal Rayong Ngipa garners 3,246 votes, defeating GPS' Desmond Sateng Sanjan who gets 2,055 votes.
Independent candidate Gemong Batu receives 2,013 votes, while PBK's Stel Datu wins 151 votes.
This is the first seat to switch hands.
PSB, an opposition party making its debut in this Sarawak polls, has shown a respectable performance.
The other seat it won is Ba'kelalan. It is retained by Baru Bian, who is previously from PKR.
GPS halfway to a simple majority
7.40pm: GPS has won at least 21 seats and is halfway to a simple majority.
A total of 42 out of the 82-member Sarawak assembly is needed for a simple majority and 55 is needed for a two-thirds majority.
To date, the opposition has only picked up one seat - Ba'kelalan by PSB.
Incumbent Sarawak Chief Minister Abang Johari Openg is expected to address the press in Kuching at 9pm.
All challengers for Bukit Goram lose their deposit
7.35pm: GPS-PBB's Jefferson Jamit Unyat has retained the Bukit Goram seat in style. All four of his opponents have lost their deposit.
Jefferson's vote share is 68.45 percent, roughly the same as what he received in 2016.
Dr Sim retains Batu Kawah, given stronger mandate
7.30pm: SUPP president Dr Sim Kui Hian has retained the Batu Kawah seat.
Sim's performance is even better compared to the 2016 election. His vote share this year is 69.77 percent, up from 54.12 percent in 2016.
The runner-up is DAP's Kelvin Yii, who is the Bandar Kuching MP. Yii gets only 22.19 percent of the votes. Two other candidates in the race have lost their deposits.
PSB's Baru Bian retains Ba'kelalan
7.15pm: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) has made history by winning a seat in the Sarawak legislative assembly on their first electoral outing.
PSB's Baru Bian has retained the Ba'kelalan seat by winning 54.66 percent of the votes cast - almost as good as his performance in 2016 as a PKR candidate.
His closest competitor is GPS' Sam Laya. As for Baru's former party PKR, their candidate Martin Labo garners only 57 votes and hence will lose his deposit.
PAS denied in Beting Maro, again
7pm: PAS' sole candidate in the Sarawak election fails to unseat GPS in Beting Maro.
PAS was placed second in the Beting Maro race during the 2011 and 2016 elections.
Incumbent Razaili Gapor has retained the Beting Maro seat, according to Bernama, earning a fourth term.
Abang Jo gets mandate from Gedong voters
6.50pm: GPS leader Abang Johari Openg is the new Gedong assemblyperson.
Previously, Abang Johari was the Satok assemblyperson for 40 years but decided to move to Gedong instead.
Meanwhile, GPS' Abdul Yakub Arbi has retained Balingian - a constituency which has been long represented by Sarawak governor Taib Mahmud.
PSB claims it has won in four seats
6:45pm: PSB claims it has won in at least fourt seats - namely Engkilili, Simanggang, Ba'kelalan and Bawang Assan.
A big board set up by PSB at its Bawang Assan office in Sibu, shows that based on the unofficial results, it has won in these four seats.
Bawang Assan is a seat held by PSB chief Wong Soon Koh for more than 30 years.
However, Wong won the seat as a BN direct candidate in 2016.
PRS' Liwan retains Belaga
6.40pm: GPS-PRS' Liwan Lagang has retained the Belaga seat, albeit with a slightly reduced majority.
According to the Election Commission, he has polled 70.52 percent of the votes cast, down from 90 percent in 2016.
The runner-up in Belaga is PSB's Henry Usat Bit, who has polled 25 percent of the votes cast.
There are two independent candidates who have lost their deposits.
GPS retains Murum and Sebuyau
6.30pm: The Election Commission has called the Sebuyau election for GPS' Julaihi Narawi.
According to the unofficial count, Julaihi secures 79.3 percent of the votes cast, up from 69.88 percent in 2016.
In Murum, GPS' Kennedy Chukpai Ugon has secured around 64 percent of the vote share and has an insurmountable lead, which means he is set to retain his seat.
Kennedy's most prominent opponent is PSB's Stanley Ajang Batok, a former Belaga MP. Stanley's vote share, according to the unofficial count is 24.6 percent.
PSB proving formidable in Bawang Assan
6.25pm: PSB is proving itself to be formidable opposition, mounting a strong challenge against GPS in Bawang Assan.
PSB's Wong Soon Koh is neck-and-neck with GPS' Robert Lau Hui Yew who is from SUPP.
Lau is ahead with 2,580 votes but Wong is at his heels with 2,259 votes. Independent candidate Ricky Enteri has 322 votes, PBK's Michelle Ling has 239 votes while DAP's Amy Lau is in last place with 232 votes.
There's still around half of the votes left to count.
Wong previously won Bawang Assan as a BN direct candidate. He was formerly with SUPP but broke away from the party.
PBB's Douglas retains seat
6.15pm: GPS' Douglas Uggah Embas has retained his seat and won a third term as the Bukit Saban state assemblyperson, based on the unofficial count.
The unofficial count suggests that he has secured 77.47 percent of the votes cast.
Prior to the dissolution of the state assembly, Douglas was the deputy chief minister and second finance minister. He is also the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) deputy president.
DAP denies sending messages 'giving out money'
6.12pm: DAP's Padungan candidate Chong Chieng Jen alleges that his phone number was stolen and used to send malicious messages.
The Sarawak DAP on its Facebook page urges the public not to believe the messages.
According to one of the messages, the voters are asked to go to DAP’s campaign centre to redeem RM200 as a token of appreciation for supporting DAP.
Another message claims that the voters can go to a petrol station to claim their petrol money - RM20 for a car and RM10 for a motorcycle.
Ali Biju gets over 1k votes despite quitting
6.10pm: Bersatu's Ali Biju, who went rogue and contested in the Sarawak polls but later pulled out following his party's intervention, is still pulling a respectable amount of votes in Krian.
With almost half the votes counted, he has garnered 1,228 votes. However, GPS is still ahead with 2,083 votes followed by PSB with 1,569 votes. PBK's Danny Kuan has 102 votes.
Ali's name is still on the ballot paper as a candidate although he officially withdrew after nomination day.
However, Ali has campaigned for GPS' Friday Belik following his withdrawal.
Ali is the incumbent in Krian which he won under the PKR ticket in 2016.
However, he was left without a platform after defecting to Bersatu, which has agreed not to contest in the Sarawak polls as part of a deal with GPS.
GPS sets up camp in a ballroom
6pm: Borneo Convention Centre Kuching - GPS has set up camp in a ballroom at a large convention centre about a 15-minute drive from Kuching city centre.
The vote counting event is set to begin at 6pm but no top party figures are present yet.
The room is decked out with GPS flags, a stage and three large LED screens, which will be used to display the election results.
Banquet tables also fill up half of the ballroom.
The screen states that GPS component party PBB has already secured two of the 47 seats it contested but does not state which two seats these are.
55pct turnout as of 4pm
5.45pm: Wet weather has been reported from Kuching all the way to Sibu. This could hamper turnout.
As of 4pm, the Election Commission reports a turnout of 55 percent. The EC is not expected announce the final turnout until much later tonight.
Polling ends, counting begins to determine Sarawak's new govt
5.30pm: Polling has ended with the turnout expected to be lower than the 68.33 percent seen in 2016 due to unfavourable weather conditions.
The Sarawak legislature has 82 seats - the biggest in the country. Constituencies in Sarawak are relatively smaller than in Peninsular Malaysia with a median voter number of 12,589.
Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is expected to retain hold of the government due to its perceived unity, incumbency and favourable electoral boundaries.
That is not to say there is no dissent. Malaysiakini's small team in Sarawak has spoken to voters who are upset with longstanding problems relating to infrastructure and the perceived nonchalance of those who have served multiple terms in office.
However, the opposition is unable to unite ahead of the election. The two most prominent opposition entities are Pakatan Harapan and Parti Sarawak Bersatu.
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