State PH chief Chong Chieng Jen said the coalition would follow the earlier seat allocation formula with PKR contesting 47 seats, DAP 26 and Amanah nine.

The seat arrangement remained the same as before, despite a change in leadership in the state PKR committee, he was quoted as saying in Borneo Post.

Chong, who is also Sarawak DAP chief, indicated there would be “fairly new” faces in the coming Dec 18 polls.

However, he declined to say if he would be defending his Kota Sentosa state seat. He did not give a breakdown of which seats would be contested by the PH parties.

He also expected rules for the state elections to be “unfair”, with curbs imposed on campaigning due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the just-concluded Melaka state elections, ceramahs and gatherings were banned to reduce the spread of the virus.

Chong said it was time for a change in Sarawak as the state had largely remained underdeveloped even after 58 years’ of Barisan Nasional-led rule, even under the present Gabungan Parti Sarawak coalition.

He said voters must vote out the coalition to show their dissatisfaction.

Dec 6 has been set as nomination day while early voting will take place on Dec 14.

Sarawak has the largest state legislature in the country, with 82 seats.