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Ewon hands Leiking shock defeat
Published on: Sunday, November 20, 2022
Published on: Sun, Nov 20, 2022
By: Ricardo Unto and Cynthia D Baga
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Ewon hands Leiking shock defeat
Ewon hugs Kapayan Assemblywoman Jannie Lasimbang who came to give him support.
PENAMPANG: Parti Warisan (Warisan) suffered one its biggest defeats in Sabah when co-founder and Deputy President Datuk Darell Leiking was defeated by Pakatan Harapan (PH)’s Datuk Ewon Benedick for the Penampang seat.

Ewon, 39, won after obtaining 29,066 votes with a majority of 14,410, while Darell received 14,656 votes or about half.

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The other contenders for the seat were Kenny Chua from Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) who obtained 6,719 votes and Independent Richard Jimmy (289).
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