DAP’S resounding victory in the Sandakan by-election may not have been possible without last-minute back-up from ally Parti Warisan Sabah in the Malay-Muslim areas of the constituency.
Warisan president Mohd Shafie Apdal and his men canvassed for support for Vivian Wong in Kampung Sim Sim and Pulau Berhala, Malay-majority areas where DAP has no presence at all.
These areas account for 4,000 Malay votes.
Shafie, who is the chief minister, assured the Malay voters that he would address their long-standing complaints, and most appeared to accept his word.
DAP publicity officer Ginger Phoong said the two areas were Umno-Barisan Nasional strongholds.
“If not for the chief minister, it would not be possible for us to capture these villages,” he told The Malaysian Insight.
Phoong said the former Sandakan MP Stephen Wong had tried for two terms to make inroads in the two areas to no avail.
Wong’s daughter, Vivian has also described the villagers as unfriendly during her visits there.
“If not for Shafie none of them will vote for me,” she said.
Shafie’s influence over Malay voters in Sandakan was so powerful that even a special appearance by ”Bossku” Najib Razak failed to sway them, Lim said.
Shafie is able to mobilise Malay voters because he is in a position to address the issues affecting them.
In Kampung Forest two days ago, he promised the residents that the state government will look into their long-standing complaint about not having the titles to the land they occupied.
DAP had predicted a low turnout of Chinese voters who are working out of state and the Malay vote was crucial to see its candidate ensconced in parliament.
DAP party workers tonight said about 23% of the Chinese voters showed up at the polls.
“Many of them were senior citizens and they came in the morning,” the party source said.
The Malays and Sabah Bumiputera mostly voted after 10am and made up the rest of turnout.
The Election Commission pegged voter turnout at 54.4%, or 21,595 voters
Wong retained the Sandakan seat for DAP with by a whopping majority of 11,521 votes.
Vivian polled 16,012 votes while her nearest rival Linda Tsen of Parti Bersatu Sabah obtained 4,491 votes in a five-cornered fight.
Vivian’s father, who was the Sandakan MP for two terms, won the seat with a 10,098-vote majority in GE14.
The by-election was called following his death on March 28. – May 11, 2019.
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Posted 7 years ago by Chean Ang Heng · Reply
Untuk anak2 semua. Bapa melihat kemenangan DAP atas beberapa faktor 1) pengundi cina tak suka lihat gelagat ultra melayu. 3 tokoh ini terkenal dgn rasis kemelayuannya bung, lokman adam dan tajuddin abdul rahman 2) pengundi cina dan melayu tak suka ke najib kerana skandalnya. betul kata wawan (anak di kota bahru, Kelantan) dan mama, slogan bosku tak boleh menjadi disini - terkulai layu 3) WARISAN penyumbang besar dlm mempengaruhi pengundi. Pentadbiran negerinya setakat ini baik dan Shafie Apdal itu sendiri baik dan bagus orgnya, apatah lagi urustadbirnya. Org gembira dgn pentadbirannya. Malahan wakil2 WARISAN banyak yg turun berkempen. Keluar masuk kampung, bandar dan pulau. 4) Calun DAP terbaik di antara semua calun. Rajin berkerja, berpendidikan, ramah mesra. Dia juga berkerja keras. Masuk kg, bandar, pulau dan macam mendiang karpal singh duu, turut ke kuburan di sim2 membersihkannya. Boleh berbahasa melayu, inggeris & cina. Dia selalu mengikuti mendiang bapanya melawat kawasan parlimen. PBS Linda dah tua, kalah di PRU14 di kawasan Parlimen Batu Sapi, tak boleh berbahasa melayu, tak bersama pengundi kerana dia tinggal di KK. Tak ada banyak sumbangan semasa jadi ahli parlimen dulu. Hamzah BEBAS hanya berjaya menawan pengundi kampungan kerana pengundi elit, bandar dan berpelajaran tak gemar cara dia berpolitik. Awal politiknya tanding atas tiket PAS (Dia, hj hadi dan bapa semasa bujang pernah bersama di kota belud mengikuti ceramah pas). Lepas tu, keluar PAS ke PBS. Sebelum PRU14 melompat ke AMANAH. Bila Parlimen Batu Sapi diberi ke WARISAN, Liew Vui Keong (menteri di jabatan perdana mentri) atas persepakatan bersama, dia berkeras mahu bertanding. Keluar AMANAH dan lompat BEBAS dan bertanding dan kalah. CHIA BEBAS kawan mama tu tak de grass root support. Dia baru berhenti SEO. Mana ada pengundi tegarnya? SULAIMAN BEBAS lagi tak dipandang oleh pengundi Cina kerana dia pegawai pentadbir mendiang. Bila DAP memilih utk mencalunkan anak mendiang bertanding, dia keluar DAP & tanding BEBAS. 5) Penghijrahan pengundi Melayu Islam ke DAP. Bila Takiyuddin umum pendirian PAS menyokong PBS dan menggesa ahli PAS menyokong PBS, timbul kekeliruan. PBS terkenal dgn retorik menentang pelaksanaan hudud. PBS tidak mahu pemimpin PAS masuk Sabah bercerita tentang hudud. PBS menolak RUU hudud - tiba2 arahan PAS utk menyokong PBS yg jelas bertentangan. Pengundi Melayu Islam PAS & yg atas pagar beralih ke DAP. Apatah lagi dgn kehadiran ramai tokoh islam PH berkempen di sini termasuk Anwar, Saifuddin, Shafie. 6) Janji DAP utk memajukan lagi rakyat sandakan menawan. Di kawasan Melayu terutamanya Pulau Berhala, Sim2 dan Taman Mesra agak meyakinkan. Keluhan rakyat didengar. Sehinggakan ada ketika, Taman Mesra penceramah PBS tak dibenarkan masuk taman utk berceramah tapi DAP. boleh walhal penghuni taman ramai adalah melayu. ITU SAJA YG DPT DIKONGSIKAN BERITA PRK SANDAKAN DGN ANAK2 SEMUA
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