2019 Sandakan by-election

2019 Sandakan by-election
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P186 Sandakan seat in the Dewan Rakyat
  First party Second party Third party
  DAP PBS IND
Candidate Vivian Wong Shir Yee Linda Tsen Thau Lin Hamzah Abdullah
Party DAP PBS Independent
Alliance PH-WARISAN-UPKO GBS-SAPP-PPRS
Popular vote 16,012 4,491 788
Percentage 75.02% 21.04% 3.69%
  Fourth party Fifth party
  IND IND
Candidate Chia Siew Yung Sulaiman Abdul Samat
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 178 126
Percentage 0.83% 0.59%
P186 Sandakan federal constituency border and its corresponding state assembly seats.
MP before election

Wong Tien Fatt (died)
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

Elected MP

Vivian Wong Shir Yee
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

The 2019 Sandakan by-election was a by-election held on 11 May 2019 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Sandakan.[1] It was called following the death of incumbent, Wong Tien Fatt on 28 March 2019.[2] Wong was a 2-term Member of Parliament for Sandakan since 2013. He was a member and Sabah state party chairman (2015-2019) of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[3]

Vivian Wong Shir Yee of DAP won the by-election by 16,012 votes out of the 21,595 votes cast with a bigger majority of 11,521 votes despite at a lower turnout rate at 54.44%.[4][5][6]

  1. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis (5 April 2019). "Sandakan by-election falls on May 11". The Star Online. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Sandakan MP Stephen Wong dies of heart attack". Malaysiakini. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Jimmy claims DAP Sabah chief broke 'Shanghai' promise". The Borneo Post. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Pakatan retains Sandakan by a landslide, snaps run of three by-election losses". The Star Online. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. ^ Tracy Patrick (11 May 2019). "DAP wins bigger majority in Sandakan". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. ^ "OFFICIAL: DAP retains Sandakan, Harapan breaks losing streak". Malaysiakini. 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.