DAP has retained the Sandakan parliamentary seat. DAP's candidate Vivian Wong secured 74.18 percent of the vote and a 11,531 majority over PBS' Linda Tsen, the closest competitor.

Vivian secured a bigger vote share and a bigger majority than what her father Stephen Wong achieved in GE14.

The official results are as follows:

Hamzah Abdullah (IND) - 788
Sulaiman Abdul Samat (IND) - 126
Vivian Wong (DAP) - 16,012
Chia Siew Yung (IND) - 178
Linda Tsen (PBS) - 4,491

Spoilt votes - 234

Turnout: 54.44 percent