Unofficial: DAP wins Sibu
By Pushparani Thilaganathan and B Nantha Kumar, Free Malaysia Today
UNOFFICIAL DAP’s Wong Ho Leng today wrestled the Sibu parliamentary seat from Barisan Nasional with a majority of a few hundred, FMT learnt today.
With one more ballot box and 2,537 postal votes to be counted, DAP had taken a healthy 2,590-vote majority but the final outcome is expected to see a DAP win with a much closer margin. Party leaders expect a final win of about 400-vote majority.
The official announcement will be made shortly by the Election Commission.
DAP secretary-general Lim Guang Eng, when asked to comment on the unofficial results, said: “Sibu wants change, they have voted for change, they want to work with their partners in Peninsular.”
“BN has no more fixed deposits anyway…. it is finished. Pakatan needed this win and it is ours,” he added.
Meanwhile another party official said even if BN won all 2,537 postal votes, DAP can still be ahead by a couple of hundreds.
“It’s still a win,” he said.
