Pakatan retains Sandakan by a landslide, snaps run of three by-election losses


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 11 May 2019

Wong (centre) all smiles with (from left) Sabah DAP acting chairman Datuk Frankie Phoon, Wong’s mother Datin Florence Chong, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Sabah DAP advisor Jimmy Wong.

SANDAKAN: DAP's Vivian Wong has emerged victorious in the Sandakan by-election, picking up a 11,521-majority win in taking the seat that her father held until his passing in March.

In the process, she helped to snap the run of three consecutive by-election losses suffered by Pakatan Harapan in Cameron Highlands, Semenyih and Rantau.

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