Summary
- Sarawak’s 13th state election scheduled for December 12, 2026.
- Over 2.05 million registered voters to elect representatives for 82 seats.
- Nomination day set for November 28, with early voting on December 8.
KUCHING, November 6 — Sarawak’s 13th state election will be held on December 12, with 2,058,781 registered voters eligible to cast their ballots across 82 constituencies.
The Election Commission (EC) announced Friday. EC chairman Ramlan Harun said nomination day is November 28, followed by early voting on December 8.
The 14-day campaign period will end at 11.59pm on December 11. The election is expected to cost RM174.94 million, involving 40,505 election workers and 2,027 polling centres.
Voters can check their polling details from November 23 through the EC’s MySPR Semak platform. The commission will deploy 82 election enforcement teams to monitor campaign activities.
Throughout the official campaign period. An optical character recognition system will also be expanded across all 82 constituencies to improve voter attendance recording and streamline polling operations.
