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able to win the seat with a tiny plurality (only 45 votes) by taking advantage
of the erosion of support for BN via the presence of a Warisan candidate.
• Finally, Kota Kinabalu, with its 64 per cent Chinese voters, saw fairly
uniform voting patterns across age groups for the DAP. e result indicates
that Chinese voters’ inclination towards PH was fairly uniform across the
country.

Table 2.18 Political support in selected Sabah parliamentary districts by
generation
Constituency Kota Belud Kalabakan Keningau Kota Kinabalu
Represented West-coast East-coast Interior region Chinese
community Muslim Muslim Kadazandusun
Bumiputra Bumiputra Murut
Mean age
21–29
BN 35.2 34.6 29.1 22.6
PH/Warisan 57.2 56.8 33.5 68.6
Other 7.6 8.6 34.7 8.9
30–39
BN 38.3 34.3 30.4 19.3
PH/Warisan 54.6 56.2 30.6 71.7
Other 7.0 9.5 37.2 9.1
40–49
BN 40.0 39.2 33.5 12.7
PH/Warisan 51.8 53.2 24.7 80.9
Other 8.2 7.5 40.0 6.4
50–59
BN 45.7 47.8 36.9 14.0
PH/Warisan 48.7 46.5 28.0 79.8
Other 5.7 5.7 31.7 6.2
60–69
BN 46.2 58.1 41.7 13.6
PH/Warisan 44.7 37.5 26.6 79.6
Other 9.2 4.4 28.6 6.8
70+
BN 55.0 51.9 33.4 19.1
PH/Warisan 36.5 43.3 25.4 73.0
Other 8.5 4.8 37.5 7.9

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