KOTA KINABALU, Nov. 15 -- The Sepanggar parliamentary constituency is set to see crowded contests for its three state seats of Inanam, Karambunai, and Darau.

At the Dewan Maksak nomination centre near Likas, the candidacies were confirmed by the returning officer Anidah Hartini Ag Said, who said no nomination forms were rejected during the process.

In Inanam, incumbent Datuk Peto Galim of Pakatan Harapan (PH) - 59, a former engineer and caretaker State Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industries, who won the seat in the 2020 state election with a 5,638-vote majority - will be defending it against 12 other contenders.

Among his opponents is the constituency's former assemblyman Datuk Kenny Chua Teck Ho of Parti Soli...