KUCHING, Nov 13: Automatic registration for voters aged 18 and above has served as the major contributing factor to the significant rise in registered voters within the Batu Kitang constituency.

Batu Kitang incumbent Datuk Lo Khere Chiang stated this while responding to the media regarding the reasons for the 90.8 percent surge in voters in his constituency, which reaches 39,721 on the 2026 electoral roll, compared to 20,820 in 2021.

“I think it’s natural. Number one, we have this automatic registration for above 18 years old. I think that is a major contribution to this 39,000 voters,” said Lo at a press conference held at Sarawak Untied Peoples’ Party Batu Kitang Service Centre here today.

He explained that the increase also included voters transferred from other polling stations whose identity card addresses are in Batu Kitang.