KUCHING, Nov. 12 -- Youths aged 18 to 39 make up nearly half of the 2,058,781 registered voters in Sarawak.

According to the electoral roll as of October 25, Sarawakians aged 30 to 39 made up over one fifth of the total voters, while the 21 to 29 age group had the second largest number of voters.

Sin Chew Daily reported that voters aged 30 to 39 totalled 441,884, while 405,499 voters were aged between 21 and 29.

The youngest group of voters, aged 18 to 20, totalled 126,712, bringing the total figure for youth voters in Sarawak to 974,095.

"These figures indicate that youth voters play a significant role in determining the outcome of the 13th Sarawak state election," said the report.

Based on the electoral roll, voters aged from 40 to...