Hasbi retains Limbang for GPS with increased majority
LIMBANG: Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s (GPS) Datuk Hasbi Habibollah retained the Limbang seat for a fourth term with an increased majority of 2,288 votes.
The official result was announced at 11.50am yesterday by Returning Officer Petrick Linggie Taboh at Limbang Civic Centre.
Hasbi polled 14,897 votes against Racha Balang from Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) to win by a majority of 9,998 votes – an improvement from the 7,710-vote majority in the 2018 general election.
The counting of 102 ballot boxes including postal votes and early voting was completed at midnight yesterday.
There were no spoiled ballots, and voter turnout was at 47.93 per cent of the total 41,999 registered voters.