Unofficial: Azmin wins in Sabah
Ex-MB gets 7,796 votes against Rafizi’s 5,581 in 11 of 13 divisions
KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Azmin Ali has won the Sabah PKR election, taking 15 out of the 25 divisions, according to unofficial results.
The unofficial tally in 11 out of 13 divisions which voted yesterday indicated that Azmin garnered 7,796 votes while his deputy presidential challenger Rafizi Ramli took 5,581 votes.
Azmin is said to have won in the Beluran, Putatan, Kudat, Papar, Silam, Ranau, Kinabatangan, Tenom and Kota Belud divisions.
In the unofficial results on Saturday, voting in 11 out of 12 divisions indicated that Azmin won with 5,115 votes against Rafizi’s 4,773.
The divisions that went to the polls on Saturday were Libaran, Sandakan, Kota Kinabalu, Kalabakan, Batu Sapi, Tuaran, Sepanggar, Beaufort, Sipitang, Kota Marudu, Tawau and Keningau.
In Saturday’s polling, Azmin and Rafizi took six divisions each, with Azmin leading in Libaran, Sandakan, Kalabakan, Sepanggar, Beaufort and Tawau.
Rafizi is said to have won the other remaining divisions, although Keningau is most likely to re-vote due to a scuffle that broke out there.
The Sabah PKR polls were staggered over the weekend.
The voting will end in Sarawak this weekend.
Sabah PKR election chief coordinator Rosli Masaliku said he was not sure when the official results would be out.
“We will try to put up the official results as soon as we can. Keningau may see a re-vote,” he added.
He claimed that interference from the PKR central election committee hindered the voting and counting process.
Pensiangan, too, has yet to give its count as the voting process only ended at 7.30pm, way after the scheduled 5pm deadline. Party central election committee chairman Datuk Rashid Din, who was in Pensiangan to observe the voting process, explained that the voting process had to be extended due to the overwhelming crowd.
“The cut-off time was at 5pm but because there were too many people still waiting inside and outside the hall, we decided to shut the compound gate and allow those who have been waiting to register and vote,” he added.
He said the committee allowed for the voting process to continue until about 7.30pm before completely ending it despite hundreds of people still waiting for their turn.