By Karen Bong
KUCHING, Nov 19: Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang has retained P210 Kanowit for Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) with a slim margin in the five-cornered tussle, the most crowded affair, in this 15th General Election (GE15).
In a close race between GPS and Pakatan Harapan (PH), Aaron polled 7,411 votes against Joseph Nyambong who obtained 7,175 votes to secure his fifth term with a 236 votes majority.
Meanwhile, the three Independent candidates Dr Elli Luhat, George Chen and Michael Lias only obtained a total of 3,457 votes.
There are a total of 30,988 registered voters in the constituency which has doubled from 2018 with 21,022.
However, from this election’s results, there has been a drop in the share of voters for Aaron.
In the 2018 general election, Aaron won the seat in a straight fight with a 4,312 majority.
He polled 9,552 votes against PH’s Satu Anchom, who obtained 5,240 votes.
Kanowit, largely a Dayak-majority area, has two State constituencies, Ngemah and Machan, which are both under GPS. — DayakDaily
