INTERACTIVE: Candidates and key facts of the Sarawak election

Election Commission staff Muhammad Rafid Baharuddin (left) and Abdillah Syafiq Hud arranging election materials including tape and stationery at the EC store in Kuching to be delivered to various state constituencies in Sarawak. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Sarawakians will head to the ballot box on Dec 18 to choose a new state government.

A total of 1,252,014 people are eligible to vote in the election with early voting on Dec 14. There are 82 seats in the state assembly, with 42 needed to form a simple majority.