Sandakan voters have a mind of their own


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 11 May 2019

SANDAKAN: The people of San­dakan are set to cast their votes in the first by-election to be held in Sabah after Parti Warisan Sabah and Pakatan Harapan’s DAP and PKR took the state government from Barisan Nasional a year ago.

The parliamentary constituency – within it are the state seats of Tanjung Papat and Elopura – comprising 51% (about 20,000) Chinese voters and 45% (about 18,000) Muslim bumiputra of various ethnicities, including Bajau, Suluk, Sungai, Bugis and Javanese.

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