Tiong wins sixth term with 22,168-vote majority
BINTULU: Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s (GPS) Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing retained the Bintulu parliamentary seat for the sixth time with a convincing majority of 22,168 votes.
The Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president polled 43,455 votes in a three-cornered fight.
Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) Chiew Chan Yew obtained 21,287 votes while Duke Janteng of Perikatan Nasional (PN) only received 5,650 votes.
Returning Officer Muhammad Dino Amid announced the official results at 1.19am yesterday at Bintulu Civic Centre.
A total of 70,392 votes were cast, with 760 spoilt votes. There were 104 unreturned ballot papers while voter turnout was at 62.73 per cent.