Najib Razak will assess more than one candidate for each of the 71 seats in the Sarawak election.

The prime minister and BN chairman said the main consideration was who had the best chance of winning the seat in the election on April 16.

"I will have a meeting with the Sarawak chief minister (Abdul Taib Mahmud) soon.

"We will choose the candidates with the best potential to win," he told reporters after opening the social rehabilitation centre at the Mahkota camp in Kluang.

Also present were Defence Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.

Asked if he had a personal record of the potential candidates, Najib said: "That's a secret."

He said that it was normal for a list submitted for approval to have more than one candidate for consideration for every seat.

- Bernama