SANDAKAN: The Sandakan by-election is likely to see DAP retaining the parliamentary seat with a reduced majority. But a dramatic upset by Parti Bersatu Sabah cannot be ruled out if the voter turnout is in its favour.
Vivian Wong of DAP is set to win the seat that fell vacant when her father, two-term Sandakan MP Datuk Stephen Wong, died of a heart attack on March 28.Political punters expect Vivian to win with a margin of about 3,000 to 5,000 votes against her main rival, Datuk Linda Tsen of PBS, in the five-cornered fight.
About 45% of the registered voters in Sandakan are Muslim bumiputra consisting mainly of the Suluk, Bajau and Bugis Sungai.In the first week of campaigning, the attendance at the DAP ceramah was dismal, even with top-gun speakers such as DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang, DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail of PKR.
The mood had changed among the core DAP supporters, who are mostly Chinese. They were getting pumped up over the by-election although the outcome will not lead to a change of government.It is a gruelling endeavour for Tsen to walk house-to-house and shop-to-shop to press the flesh and hand out leaflets.
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