Wong Ho Leng (DAP) :18,845
Robert Lau Hui Yew (BN) : 18, 447
Narawi Haron (Independent) : 232
Majority : 398
Total registered voters: 53,679
Chinese : 60%
Iban : 18%
Malay/Melanau: 20%
Others: 0.9%
Turnout:32,742
2008 ELECTION RESULT
Robert Lau Choi Chew (BN-SUPP): 19,138 VOTES
Wong Ho Leng (DAP) : 15,903 votes
Lim Chin Chuang (PKR) : 812 votes Votes
Majority : 3,235
DAP WON SIBU BY-ELECTION
DAP candidate Wong Ho Leng has won the Sibu Parliamentary by-election beating BN candidate Robert Lau Hui Yew and Independent candidate Narawi Haron with a majority of 398 votes.
Ho Leng, DAP Sarawak chairman garnered 18,845 votes while Robert Lau 18,447 votes. Narawi only managed 232 votes and lost his deposit.
The result was a surprise one and really a shameful one for BN. The efforts by all their big guns from the peninsula together with hundred millions of funds and allocations threw during the campaign did not help BN to retain the seat. The by-election was held following the demised of the incumbent Robert Lau Choi Chew.
Pengerusi SPR salahkan PR timbul kekecohan
PENGERUSI Suruhanjaya Pihan Raya (SPR) Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof menyalahkan Pakatan Rakyat (PR), yang didakwa beliau telah membawa budaya politik yang tidak sihat ke Sibu sehingga menimbulkan sedikit kekecohan semasa kempen pilihan raya kecil kerusi Parlimen Sibu.
Kenyataan beliau itu bagaimanapun tidak disenangi menyokong-penyokong PR yang meminta beliau siasat dahulu siapa yang memulakan kekecohan.
Sementara itu, Abdul Aziz berkata, SPR akan membuat siasatan terperinci untuk mengetahui punca jumlah pengundi keluar mengundi agak rendah pada pilihan raya kecil itu.
