In all, DAP and PKR won 12 and 3 seats respectively, and as in the words of its chief, Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail: The result is historic – unprecedented in Sarawak’s history – never before has the result moved to a two-party system.
She went on to claim that “In fact the opposition are facing the whole government machinery.”
BN comprising of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBS), Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP), Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), and Sarawak People’s Democratic Party (SPDP) retained its two-third majority in the 71-seat State Assembly, winning 55 seats, less seven seats from 2006.
Another seat went to independent.
Say analysts : Despite BN winning three-quarters of the Sarawak State Assembly. Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud has become a liability that the ruling coaliton can ill effort to carry into the next state general election.
The victory not all that sweet.
BN won 55 seats (PBB-35, SUPP-6, PRS-8), and SPDP-6) due to the fact that majority of the people especially in the rural areas are still thinking as they are like 30 years ego.
“It may take a long time from now for the rural folks the realize the way the urban people think about their political future,” said an analyst.
The DAP has won 12 out of its 15 contested seats, its biggest win in Sarawak to date that was capped by the biggest upset when young blood Ling Sie Kiong beat six-term incumbent Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam, Deputy Chief Minister and SUPP president, for the Piasau state seat.
The party stamped its mark by nearly wiping out SUPP in urban Chinese-majority seats.
The seat has seen intense campaigning as DAP has made Miri its frontline.
During the campaigning, Dr Chan admitted it had been “one heck of a battle’ with DAP, which had been the SUPP’s arch-enemy ever since it joined BN in the late 1970s.
He also said that the outcome of the Sunday’s election will show who among the four – Peter Chin, David Teng, Lee Kim Shin, and Wong Soon Koh – has the higgest support of the rakyat and that will help determine their status in the party.
He said there were three more major projects he wanted to do before retiring.
“These are the outstanding tasks I must get done before I go – the contruction of the RM60mil Borneo Village and the RM200mil spillway project in Miri and also the upgrading of the highway from Kuala Baram.
“These are the nerve-centre for the future development of Miri. Once I see these projects in place, I will go,” he said in Miri SUPP headquaters on Friday.
Now, he had to go after losing Piasau seats to DAP’s Sie Kiong.
PKR still had made some progress as compared to the last election, winning two extra seats notably Krian with a convincing majority.
The party has made something of a breakthrough in rural Orang Ulu dan Dayak areas.
Krian for instance, is a semi-urban area, where according a PKR’s source, the internet connection is good and the people keep up to date with the latest news.
Ali Biju, 43, and single, who is a self-made bussinessman in the oil and gas industry based in Bintulu, defeated SPDP deputy president Datuk Peter Nyarok, SNAP’s Liman Sujang, and independent Banyi Beriak in a four-cornered fight.
State PKR chairman Baru Bian led the way for the party by winning in Ba’Kelalan, obtaining 2,505 votes to defeat SPDP newcomer Willie Liau by 473 votes.
PKR also retained Batu Lintang, with its state information chief, See Chee How, winning by a 8,381-vote majority over SUPP’s Sih Hua Tong and independent Lina Soo.
The party has only one seat in the previous state assembly in Dominique Ng, who stood as independent in Padungan where the DAP contested this time in a seat swap with PKR.
The DAP’s candidate won in Padungan while Ng lost his deposit.
The PKR victories showed that it was multi-ethnic, with representatives from various racial groups.
Good job for PR, especially DAP, and majority of the Sarawakians, who wanted to change. Keep it up for the coming of 13the parliamentary elections.
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