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Multi-cornered fights will be the highlight of the 17th Sabah state election, with nominations for all 73 seats closing at 10am on Saturday (Nov 15).

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00:00Multi-cornered fights will be the highlight of the 17th Sabah state election,
00:06with nominations for all 73 seats closing at 10 a.m. on Saturday.
00:11Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, who is also Gabungan Rakyat Sabah, GRS chairman,
00:18was among the earliest to submit his nomination papers when centres opened at 9 a.m.
00:23Hajiji filed his papers at the Dewan Seri Sulaman Nomination Centre in Twaran
00:28as he seeks to defend the Sulaman seat, which he won with a 3,099 vote majority in the 2020 state polls.
00:37This time, Hajiji faces a five-cornered fight against Barisan National's young medical doctor,
00:43Dr. Shanan Rizal Taijudin, and three other challengers.
00:47Barisan National, BN chairman Datuk Seri Bung Mokhtar Radin,
00:51is also set for a multi-way showdown, contesting a six-cornered fight in Lamag.
00:56Bung retained the seat with a 661-vote majority in the last election.
01:02In Senalang, opposition leader and Warisan president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafi Abdal
01:07faces a five-cornered fight in his long-held stronghold.
01:11Meanwhile, Twaran MP Datuk Seri Panglima Madius Tangau of APCO is heading into a 13-cornered contest
01:19for the Tamparuli seat, which was won by Datuk Jahid Jaheim from PBS in 2020 with a 3,517 vote majority.
01:29The Election Commission confirmed that all 25 nomination centres across Sabah closed smoothly
01:35at 10 a.m., marking the start of a 14-day campaign period ahead of polling on November 29.
01:41Early voting is scheduled for November 25.
01:45A total of 1,784,843 voters are eligible to cast their ballots in this state election.
01:53All right.
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