EC confirms DAP’s landslide win in Sandakan
DAP candidate for the Sandakan parliamentary by-election Vivian Wong during her walkabout in Sandakan, April 28, 2019. The Election Commission May 11, 2019 confirmed Wong’s victory in the by-election with 16,012 votes. — Bernama pic
This is a majority of 11,521 votes compared to her closest rival Datuk Linda Tsen from Parti Bersatu Sabah who took 4,491 votes. Wong was seen smiling broadly at the SMJK Tionghua hall in her white shirt and black long pants while her mother and party leaders cheered her from below.
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