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What Can We Expect From Sarawak State Elections?

Dr Bridget Welsh, Honorary Research Associate, University of Nottingham’s Asia Research Institute

09-Dec-21 15:00

What Can We Expect From Sarawak State Elections?

The Sarawak State Elections nominations took place a couple of days ago. A record number of 349 candidates are contesting 82 seats in Malaysia’s largest state. Multi-cornered fights are happening in all but four constituencies, with Dadong seeing an eight-corned battle. Dr Bridget Welsh joins us to discuss.

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Produced by: Dashran Yohan

Presented by: Dashran Yohan


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