New seats: GRS won most with few surprises

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) won nine out of the 13 new seats which made their debut during the Sabah elections 2020.

This should not come as a surprise as an earlier analysis by Malaysiakini of past voting results for voting districts that were incorporated into these new constituencies gave BN, a GRS coalition member, the advantage in all but six.

Umno won the most, five, of which three - Pantai Dalit, Sungai Manila, and Lamag - was expected.

They also picked up Bengkoka, where voters were equally split between Warisan and Umno during the 2018 elections.

Bengkoka was a contest between Umno, PBS, Upko, and eight other candidates...