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At the time of writing, assuming that the turnout rate is 55 percent, then DAP has attained an unassailable lead, capturing 73.95 percent of the vote share, according to an unofficial count.Some 150 DAP supporters at their operation centre are estatic. Each time new numbers are announced, they burst into cheers. 6.40pmestimates that the overall turnout is 55 percent. Based on that figure, then nearly half the votes cast today has been counted at this moment.
Unofficially, DAP is leading the count by a wide margin of 8,766 votes with 77.83 percent of the vote share. Meanwhile, independent candidates Hamzah Abdullah, Sulaiman Abdul Samat and Chia Siew Yung are looking set to lose their deposit.6.23pm - UNOFFICIALLY, DAP's Vivian Wong has won the Pasar voting district with 89.96 percent of the vote share, followed by PBS' Linda Tsen with 7.83 percent. Officially, the overall turnout as of 4pm is 51 percent. There are 40,218 voters in total.PBS last fielded a candidate in Sandakan in 1995. At the time, it was not part of BN and was an opposition party.
DAP's Vivian Wong, 31, is no stranger to Sandakan as she used to serve as an assistant to the previous Sandakan MP Stephen Wong.The Sandakan constituency is divided into 17 voting districts. During GE14, DAP lost in two such districts. This is the eighth by-election since GE14. Pakatan Harapan is the only coalition that participated in all by-elections. It's vote share has been on the downtrend.This contest is between DAP's Vivian Wong, Parti Bersatu Sabah's Linda Tsen, Hamzah Abdullah, Sulaiman Abdul Samat and Chia Siew Yung.
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