Cash handouts and development allocations were among the main factors BN used to win handsomely in the rural seats of Sarawak in the May 7 state election, says political analyst James Chin.

Chin claimed that money began flowing into the rural areas just before the voting day.

"The well-known factor is 'cash is king'," he said in his lecture on the Sarawak election at the Sunway University in Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, this afternoon.