12-19-2021, 07:05 PM
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KOTA KINABALU: DAP veteran leader Lim Kit Siang says his party could have won more seats in yesterday’s Sarawak elections if not for split votes and a low voter turnout.
The Iskandar Puteri MP said DAP could have won five more seats — Pujut in Miri, Bukit Assek and Pelawan in Sibu, Tanjung Datu in Bintulu and Kota Sentosa in Kuching.
“We lost Tanjung Datu by 23 votes, Pelawan by 100 votes and Bukit Assek by 843 votes,” he told reporters here today.
“In 2018 (general election), the voter turnout was 71.7% but yesterday it was 60%. If not for the lower voter turnout and Covid-19, more people would have come out.
“If not for these two factors (and also) the unfair restrictions by the Election Commission, (for example) the ban on physical campaigning and ceramah, I think we would have done well.
“I congratulate Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Abang Johari Openg for the victory.”
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