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| Sarawak Election 2011 Result |
Although polling for the seat closed at 5pm, the TMI.Me website accessible at http://tmi.me/8UYTAsaid :”Keputusan Tak Rasmi N 51 Balingan BN 2215 PKR 425 Bebas 454 Rosak 51 . CM Menang! PKR hilang Wang Pertaruhan! (Unofficial Results N 51 Balingian. BN 2,215, PKR 425, Independent 454, Spoilt 51. CM wins. PKR loses deposit).
Taid had come under massive attacks from the opposition and civil rights movement in the run-up to the polls. He has also been asked to vacate the post which he had held on for the last 30 years.
In this election, Taib contested against Suriati Abdullah of the PKR and Salleh Jafaruddin, an independent candidate.
At the 2006 state election, he aib beat PKR’s Ibrahim Bayau with a comfortable 5,726-vote majority.
Taib in the run-up to the polls has said that he would vacate the chief minister’s post in “two to three years’ time”.
