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GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah

This article examines two urban Chinese dominated parliamentary seats in Sabah namely P172 Kota Kinabalu and P182 Sandakan. It will also study the political development within the state assembly seats under these two parliamentary seats. Specifically, the article will explore the candidates and the...

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Main Authors: Anantha Raman Govindasamy, Yew, Meng Lai
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Language:English
Published: The National University of Malaysia 2018
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JA Political science (General)
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spelling my.ums.eprints.219002019-05-07T00:29:30Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21900/ GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah Anantha Raman Govindasamy Yew, Meng Lai JA Political science (General) This article examines two urban Chinese dominated parliamentary seats in Sabah namely P172 Kota Kinabalu and P182 Sandakan. It will also study the political development within the state assembly seats under these two parliamentary seats. Specifically, the article will explore the candidates and the main contested issues, the voting pattern and the results of the recently concluded 14th Malaysian general election. By largely utilising fieldwork observation during the election campaign, this article argues that Pakatan Harapan’s huge victory in these parliamentary and state assembly seats are mainly because of the close working relationship with Parti Warisan Sabah, which significantly helped the DAP and PKR candidates to make inroad into Muslim-Bumiputra dominated areas in these Chinese majority parliamentary seats in Sabah. The National University of Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21900/1/GE14.pdf Anantha Raman Govindasamy and Yew, Meng Lai (2018) GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah. Jebat: Malaysian Journal of History, Politics & Strategic Studies, 45 (2). pp. 298-318. ISSN 2180-02551 (electronic); 012-5644 (paper)
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Anantha Raman Govindasamy
Yew, Meng Lai
GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah
description This article examines two urban Chinese dominated parliamentary seats in Sabah namely P172 Kota Kinabalu and P182 Sandakan. It will also study the political development within the state assembly seats under these two parliamentary seats. Specifically, the article will explore the candidates and the main contested issues, the voting pattern and the results of the recently concluded 14th Malaysian general election. By largely utilising fieldwork observation during the election campaign, this article argues that Pakatan Harapan’s huge victory in these parliamentary and state assembly seats are mainly because of the close working relationship with Parti Warisan Sabah, which significantly helped the DAP and PKR candidates to make inroad into Muslim-Bumiputra dominated areas in these Chinese majority parliamentary seats in Sabah.
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author Anantha Raman Govindasamy
Yew, Meng Lai
author_facet Anantha Raman Govindasamy
Yew, Meng Lai
author_sort Anantha Raman Govindasamy
title GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah
title_short GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah
title_full GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah
title_fullStr GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed GE14: the urban voting pattern in P172 Kota Kinabalu and P186 Sandakan, Sabah
title_sort ge14: the urban voting pattern in p172 kota kinabalu and p186 sandakan, sabah
publisher The National University of Malaysia
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url https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21900/1/GE14.pdf
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