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Blue wave sweeps over Batu Sapi and Galas

FULL REPORT KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional has scored a double victory in the Batu Sapi and Galas by-elections, giving Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's administration a resounding stamp of approval and sending the Anwar Ibrahim-led opposition back to the drawing board.

For the Batu Sapi parliamentary seat in Sabah, BN candidate Linda Tsen won with a landslide victory, chalking up a margin of 6,359 votes over her nearest rival, PKR's Ansari Andullah.

Her majority was even greater than her late husband Edmund Chong's in 2008 when he got 3,708-vote majority. The latter's death in a traffic accident had paved the way for the by-election.

Tsen garnered 9,773 votes while Ansari got 3,414. The other contender in the three-way tussle, SAPP president Yong Teck Lee came in a disappointing third with 2,031 votes despite initial projections that the former chief minister would win the seat.

BN wins both Batu Sapi, Galas

Polling: 8am to 5pm
Vote count: 5pm onwards
Results:
By 8pm
Photo galleries:
Batu Sapi l Galas


7.50pm: Unofficial results (Batu Sapi)
Linda Tsen (BN-PBS) - 8,538
Yong Teck Lee (SAPP) - 2,007
Ansari Abdullah (PKR) - 3,281
Majority - 5,257

Quick analysis: The result of this by-election reflect that of the 2008 general election. In 2008, Tsen's late husband Edmund Chong bagged 9,479 votes against his opponent, Independent Chong Kwong Ming's 5,771. In this by-election, the combined opposition has 5,288 votes.
7.43pm: Unofficial results (Batu Sapi)
Linda Tsen (BN-PBS) - 5,084
Yong Teck Lee (SAPP) - 1,250
Ansari Abdullah (PKR) - 2,022
Majority - 3,062

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