2010 Batu Sapi by-election

2010 Batu Sapi by-election
4 November 2010
Batu Sapi seat in the Dewan Rakyat
  BN PKR SAPP
Candidate Tsen Thau Lin Umsery @ Ansari Abdullah Yong Teck Lee
Party BN (PBS) PKR SAPP
Alliance PR
Popular vote 9,773 3,414 2,031
Percentage 64.22% 22.43% 13.35%
MP before election

Edmund Chong Ket Wah
BN (PBS)

 Elected MP

Tsen Thau Lin
BN (PBS)

The 2010 Batu Sapi by-election in the Malaysian state of Sabah was held on 4 November 2010. The nomination of candidates was done on 26 October 2010. The Batu Sapi parliamentary seat fell vacant when its Member of Parliament; Datuk Edmund Chong Ket Wah of United Sabah Party or Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), was killed after his 750cc motorcycle accident in Sabah on 9 October 2010. Previously PBS won the seat during the 2008 General Election by a 3,708-vote majority over Independent candidate Chung Kwong Wing. A total 25,720 registered voters eligible to vote in this by-election. The electorate is made of 50.61% Bumiputera, 40.22% Chinese and 3% others.

The by-election was held on the same day as the 2010 Galas by-election.

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