SIBU: The Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) will field its incumbents to defend both the Lanang and Sibu parliamentary seats, and Tony Chiew Chin Sing will stand for the parliamentary seat in Bintulu.
The announcement was made yesterday (Oct 22) at the DAP Sibu branch fundraising dinner by its chief Chong Chieng Jen.
According to Chong, the selection of candidates does not happen overnight.
“They are chosen for their achievements, hard work and service to the people. Give our young people a chance,” he said in his speech.
In the 2018 general election, Sibu incumbent Oscar Ling successfully retained the parliamentary seat by a majority of 11,422 votes in the state’s sole four-cornered fight.
Ling garnered 33,811 votes while Barisan Nasional (BN)-Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) candidate (the late) Datuk Andrew Wong Kee Yew polled 22,389 votes.
Two other candidates Jamie Tiew Yen Huong of the Sarawak Peace Party, polled 377 votes, while Simon Tiong Ing Tung of the State Reform Party (Star) managed to secure only 176 votes.
Apart from that, Lanang incumbent Alice Lau garnered 29,905 votes to retain the parliamentary seat with a majority of 14,546 votes in a three-cornered fight.
SUPP’s Kelvin Kong secured 15,539 votes, while Sarawak Peace Party’s Priscilla Lau obtained 628 votes.
Meanwhile, (Tony) Chiew was defeated by Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing after the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president secured a 7,022-vote majority during the 14th General Election in 2018.
Tiong received 27,076 votes in a battle against Chiew and Cheng Lea Phing of Star.
