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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s 16th state election saw a 66.61% voter turnout.
Election Commission (EC) Chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh said this amounted to 749,083 voters who had cast their votes in the race for 73 state seats.
He said the turnout was a good achievement even though the state was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with red zones in Lahad Datu, Tawau and Sandakan.
“(However), 66.61% is a good achievement. Thank you Sabahans, because despite facing a pandemic, they had fulfilled their responsibility as voters, “he said today at a press conference here.
“Although in the initial stage we aimed at 75%, then we saw cases increasing and we lowered the target to 70%,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ghani said, overall, the EC was satisfied with the voting process for the Sabah elections.
He said that no adverse incidents occurred during the election and that the EC will work on weaknesses and improve operations.
“In general, the vote counting process went smoothly, except for a small delay in announcements, since data to some centers and channels arrived late, and at 11 pm our system was inactive for 25 minutes, but there were a quick recovery, ”he said.
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