Malaysia

DAP to contest eight seats in Sarawak

Party hopes to add two more constituencies to six it already holds

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 21 Oct 2022 4:28PM

DAP to contest eight seats in Sarawak
Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen says its candidates’ list for the state’s central region will be announced tomorrow in Sibu while the list for the southern region will be released on Sunday in Kuching. – Bernama pic, October 21, 2022

KUCHING – DAP will contest eight of the 31 parliamentary seats in Sarawak in the coming general election, said state party chairman Chong Chieng Jen.

Chong said the seats are Mas Gading, Bandar Kuching, Stampin, Serian, Lanang, Sibu, Sarikei, and Bintulu.

He said the list of candidates for the central region would be announced tomorrow in Sibu while the list for the southern region would be released on Sunday in Kuching.

“We will do our best to defend our six seats. Hopefully we can add (win) one or two more seats. In 2018, with the six parliamentary seats contributed by Sarawak DAP, we managed to change the federal government,” he told a press conference here today.

The six seats DAP will be defending are Mas Gading, Bandar Kuching, Stampin, Lanang, Sibu, and Sarikei.

The Election Commission has set November 19 for polling while nomination is on November 5 and early voting is on November 15. – Bernama, October 21, 2022

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