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May 17, 2010
Shock defeat for Barisan
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In a nail-biting race, Democratic Action Party (DAP) man Wong Ho Leng, 50, edged out BN's candidate from the Sarawak United Peoples' Party, Mr Lau Hui Yew, 45, by just 398 votes in the parliamentary seat of Sibu. -- PHOTO: AP
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KUALA LUMPUR - BARISAN Nasional (BN) was handed a shock defeat in a by-election in Sarawak yesterday, dealing a blow to the ruling coalition ahead of crucial state elections here.
In a nail-biting race, Democratic Action Party (DAP) man Wong Ho Leng, 50, edged out BN's candidate from the Sarawak United Peoples' Party, Mr Lau Hui Yew, 45, by just 398 votes in the parliamentary seat of Sibu.
He polled 18,845 votes to Mr Lau's 18,447.
The last candidate, independent Narawi Haron, 60, got 232 votes. The winning margin is about 1 per cent.
The DAP's unexpected victory overturns the 3,200-majority that BN won at the last general election in 2008. Sibu had always been a BN stronghold.
It also gives the opposition its second parliamentary seat in Sarawak.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
Shock defeat for Barisan
<!-- by line -->By Teo Cheng Wee, Regional Correspondent
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KUALA LUMPUR - BARISAN Nasional (BN) was handed a shock defeat in a by-election in Sarawak yesterday, dealing a blow to the ruling coalition ahead of crucial state elections here.
In a nail-biting race, Democratic Action Party (DAP) man Wong Ho Leng, 50, edged out BN's candidate from the Sarawak United Peoples' Party, Mr Lau Hui Yew, 45, by just 398 votes in the parliamentary seat of Sibu.
He polled 18,845 votes to Mr Lau's 18,447.
The last candidate, independent Narawi Haron, 60, got 232 votes. The winning margin is about 1 per cent.
The DAP's unexpected victory overturns the 3,200-majority that BN won at the last general election in 2008. Sibu had always been a BN stronghold.
It also gives the opposition its second parliamentary seat in Sarawak.
Read the full story in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.