Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud returned Wednesday from his pilgrimage to Mecca and said he has received the inspiration on when to call the next state elections.
"I have the inspiration but I won't tell you (the date)," he told reporters at the Hornbill Skyways Hangar here.
Abdul Taib, who is Sarawak Barisan Nasional chairman, said the state elections could be held in any of the 12 months in the year and that it was a matter of preparing the election machinery.
Political observers have predicted that the state elections will be held next month at the earliest and by March or April next year at the latest. The current term of the Sarawak legislative assembly expires in July next year.
Sarawak Barisan has 62 seats in the 71-seat assembly, with 34 held by Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), 11 by Sarawak United People's Party (SUPP), nine by Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) and eight by Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP).
The remaining nine seats are with the DAP, which has six, PKR one, and two independents, one of whom is Barisan-friendly.
On another matter, Abdul Taib said the Sarawak Barisan would let party-less Pelagus assemblyman Larry Sng decide on his political future.
He said that if Sng wanted to remain in Barisan, he would have to apply to be a direct associate member as his present status was unclear.
Sng, 31, who is assistant minister in the Chief Minister's Office, was reported saying on Nov 19 that his political future was uncertain as he was not sure whether to contest in the next state elections.
Sng won the seat on a PRS ticket in 2006 and the party sacked him the following year citing insubordination. Abdul Taib retained him in the state administration in November last year despite him being party-less.
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This page is reserved for the upcoming polling result (slated on Nov 04) for P185 Batu Sapi, Sabah. View N45 Galas election result. Check also the latest at BatuSapi.BlogSpot.com
Updates:
08:30pm - Official result: BN wins Batu Sapi by whopping 6,359 majority. Linda Tsen (BN) 9773; Yong Teck Lee (SAPP) 2031; Ansari Abdullah (PKR) 3414.
08:05pm - EC official results, BN: 7689, PKR: 2786, SAPP: 1726, Majority: 4903. Total 40 of 46 ballot boxes received.
07:50pm - Count for 30 streams announced. Linda Tsen leads with 5,467 votes followed by Ansari 2,427 votes and Yong 1,306 votes.
07:36pm - Returning officer Mohd Hamsan Awang Supain announces tally for 10 (of 45) streams. Linda Tsen leads with 1,440 votes followed by Ansari with 697 votes and Yong with 331 votes
07:19pm - Unofficial Result: BN: 5051, PKR: 1709 SAPP: 1018
05:30pm - Voter turnout at 5pm 15,774 or 61.47%.
03:30pm - At 3pm, the voter turnout at Batu Sapi polling was 13,318 voters or 52.06% of the electorate.
01:00pm - voter turnout is 41.06% or 10,505 voters, according to the EC.
11:30am - Voter turnout at 11am is 7,313 or 28.59% of the electorate.
Tsen Thau Lin (BN) will be up against Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) candidate Datuk Yong Teck Lee and PKR's Ansari Abdullah.
Batu Sapi has 25,582 voters comprising 59.02% or 15,099 Muslim bumiputeras, Chinese (38.06% or 9,737), non-Muslim bumiputeras (2.69% or 689) and Indians (0.22% or 57).
This page is reserved for the upcoming polling result (slated on Nov 04) for N45 Galas. Read also P185 Batu Sapi election result.
UPDATES
08:30pm: Official result: Barisan Nasional regains Galas. Ab Aziz Yusoff (BN) 5324 votes, Dr Zulkefli Mohamad (PAS) 4134; Majority: 1190
07:23pm: Unofficial results BN leads by slim majority midway in the tallying process
06:45pm: Final voter turnout 9,555 voters or 82.71%.
04:20pm: EC: Voter turnout as at 4pm is 7,561 or 66.23%.
01:30pm: Voter turnout is 55.75% or 6,441 voters, EC announces.
10:15am: Voter turnout as at 10am is 24.02% or 2,775 voters. The figure does not include turnout in six orang asli polling stations.
The Election Commission (EC) has set Nov 4 as polling day for the Galas state assembly seat, if there is a contest, while nomination day is Oct 26, its deputy chairman, Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar announced.
He said the election would use the Master Electoral Roll (DPI) 2009 which was merged with the First Quarter and Second Quarter Supplementary Electoral Roll 2010, which had been updated up to Sept 27.
He said the EC had also set Wednesday as the day of issuing the writ and Thursday for the notice of election.
“The EC had received the official notification from the Kelantan state assembly speaker on Sept 28 regarding the vacancy in the State Assembly seat N45 for Galas, Kelantan following the death of the incumbent Assemblyman Chek Hashim Sulaima on Sept 27.
“Subsequently, the EC had a special meeting on the matter and decided that a by-election would be held within 60 days of the date of vacancy to fill up the vacant seat,” he said at a media conference at the EC headquarters, here.
Chek Hashim, 46, from PAS, died of cancer.
In the 2008 general election, Chek Hashim wrested the Galas state seat located in the Gua Musang parliamentary constituency from the Barisan Nasional with a majority of 646 votes.
Wan Ahmad said Galas had 11,553 registered voters comprising 11,426 ordinary voters and 127 postal voters.
He said of the total, 7,125 voters were Malays, while 2,317 voters were Chinese, Indians (185), Sarawak Bumiputera (10), Orang Asli (1,889) and others (27).-Bernama
Will Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) be represented by its youth chief Sih Hua Tong to contest the Batu Lintang seat during the coming state election?
Deputy Works Minister Datuk Yong Khoon Seng said that he was confident with this even though the matter has not been confirmed yet.
“To me it’s confirmed, but it still has to go through the usual system – to be reviewed by the state Barisan Nasional (BN).
“Sih’s name is in the list of candidates to contest the Batu Lintang seat,” Yong told reporters after the closing ceremony of ‘Program Mesra Rakyat’ at RPR Batu Kawa Phase 1 here yesterday.
He said the final decision would be announced by BN at a later time.
“Election is very unpredictable. Today it may be different, but tomorrow it would be another thing. We cannot predict anything, but generally the people’s support for the BN government in Batu Lintang is ‘boleh tahan’,” he added.
Yong, who is SUPP vice president, was clarifying the issue after he spoke about it briefly during his speech at the closing ceremony.
He had then said Sih might be one of the candidates to contest the Batu Lintang seat.
Meanwhile, Sih said the decision to put him up as a candidate was up to SUPP and BN.
“We SUPP Batu Lintang branch, despite losing the seat during the 2006 state election, still serve the area and the people, and go to the ground often.
“We will continue to serve the people the best we can,” he stressed.
SUPP lost the Batu Lintang seat to DAP’s Voon Lee Shan during the 2006 state election.
Apart from that, SUPP also lost the Padungan, Pending and Kota Sentosa seats in Kuching Division to the opposition.
On another note, Yong when asked on his opinion on the newly established Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu (PERSB), said he did not know much about the party.
“I only heard about it when I was at the Parliament meeting. The only detail I know is they want to contest 71 seats in the state,” he said.
Dalat assemblywoman Datin Fatimah Abdullah is not surprised that Parti Ekonomi Rakyat Sarawak Bersatu (PERSB) protem president Salleh Mahali plans to contest in Dalat.
“It is no surprise to me because he had intended to do so for quite a while,” she told reporters after officiating at the SMK Sungai Maong Open Day here yesterday.
“We know him. The people know him. Let the people judge for themselves. Let the voters decide. After all, this is a democratic country,” added Fatimah.
Salleh stated his intention in a press conference yesterday, saying that he would contest for the Dalat seat in the state election which must be called by July next year.
Fatimah revealed that during the last election in 2006, Salleh was suspected of supporting an independent, and had tried to contest against Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud in Mukah.
Of course, added Fatimah, he denied it. She said the people by now should know Salleh’s character and record in the party.
On another note, Fatimah was also asked about PERSB’s call to limit the term of Chief Minister and cabinet ministers to a maximum of two terms.
“It is unreasonable because it shows that they (PERSB) do not know the administration processes. For a state like Sarawak, which is big and has many segregated rural populations, it is not easy.
“It takes a lot of time,” she said, while pointing out that it took Taib more than two terms to turn Sarawak into what it was now.
“It is not easy. It takes a lot of political will, experience, innovation and creativity to be able to do what Pehin Sri has achieved now.
“For them to suggest that two terms is enough, it shows that they don’t really understand the process of running the state, let alone develop it.
“What Sarawak has now is not mere hard work for 10 years or two terms. It is based on so many years of hardwork and high commitment, as well as creativity and innovation,” she said.
Meanwhile, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs) Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman said it was up to the people to decide on the duration for the Chief Minister’s post.
He said to limit a leader’s length of service would be waste of one’s ability, adding that the state needed a highly capable Chief Minister like Taib to plan and carry out development projects.
“If we limit those who have the quality, most likely programmes that had been planned will not be carried out,” he said.
In any case, Daud, who is also the vice president of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB), said it was too early for PERSB to voice out its dream as they were not even approved by the Registrar of Societies (ROS) yet.
The PERSB sponsorship committee, led by Salleh Mahali, was launched on Friday. Among its aims was to impose a limit on how long an individual could serve as a Chief minister, deputy chief Minister and state cabinet member.
According to PERSB, this was to avoid abuse of power.
The DAP pulled off a surprise win in the Sibu by-election today, defeating Barisan Nasional’s (BN) SUPP by 398 votes in a hard fought race, official results show. BN had earlier been expected to retain its Sarawak stronghold but lost despite the best efforts of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
10:55pm - DAP wins Sibu with 398 majority - official. DAP wins with 18845, BN 18447, Ind 232, Majority is 398
08:50pm - UNOFFICIAL: DAP 18570 BN 15980 IND 201 majority 2590. Postal votes not counted. 109 out of 110 boxes counted.
Official postal votes BN 2323, DAP 70, Ind 36. Total ballots issued: 2827. Rejected: 208. Unreturned: 190
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OFFICIAL BN 16124 IND 196 DAP 18775 majority 2651 for DAP. Postal votes not tallied.
10.35pm: It appears that there was some minor dispute over the postal ballots. However, it is learnt that the Election Commission will be announcing the result soon.
It is almost certain that DAP has won this closely fought by-election by between 300 and 400 votes.
10.00pm: All 110 boxes counted, but 2,537 postal votes cast not tallied yet.
DAP 18,775
BN 16,124
Independent 196
9.20pm: DAP has claimed victory in the by-election, although the official result has not been announced by the Election Commission
8.45pm: Official results - 95 out of 110 boxes counted
BN 13,425
DAP 15,493
Following is the voter turnout statistics when polling for the Sibu parliamentary by-election closed at 5pm Sunday.
Total No. of Registered Voters : 54,695 (including 2,537 postal voters)
Number of voters who cast ballots : 32,742
Voter turnout : 59.86 per cent
The DAP will go ahead with the “Allah” issue in its campaign for the Sibu by-election, ignoring police warning to all political parties that they can be detained under the Sedition Act and Internal Security Act. Its candidate for the by-election, Wong Ho Leng, said nothing would deter him and other Pakatan Rakyat leaders from conveying the truth to the people on the matter.
“The facts must be made known,” he told a press conference here yesterday.
Wong said the Home Ministry must withdraw its appeal against the High Court's decision which had overruled the government prohibition on the use of the word “Allah”.
“PAS is able to declare that there is absolutely nothing in the Quran which forbids the use of the term and has been steadfast in the rights to freedom of religion of non-Muslims,” he said.
On Monday night, Christian leaders from Pakatan held a fellowship to share their political calling.
Dr Tan Kee Kwong, a PKR central committee member, called on Christians in Sibu to use their conscience in picking a clean and incorruptible elected representative.
Dr Tan urged them to vote for Wong if they loved the country and children.
“If Sibu can change, the whole of Sarawak can change,” he said.
Wong invited the audience to query former Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Nizar Jamaluddin, who was present, on PAS leadership and the allegations made against the party by Barisan Nasional leaders.
“Nizar is here, so ask him whatever question you have about PAS. Satisfy yourself before you go home tonight,” he said.
He refuted the allegation by Sarawak United People's Party that a vote for DAP was a vote for PAS.
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3 aspiring candidates were nominated for the Sibu parliamentary by-election 2010. The battle to win over the 54,695 voters of Sibu has begun with Barisan Nasional and DAP adopting different tactics to woo them. While the DAP is going with its tried and tested ways of raising national issues, the Barisan is sticking to development politics with the focus on the women folk, who make up 53% of the electorate .
Both sides agree that the Chinese, who comprise 67% of the electorate, will be the determining factor for the May 16 poll which sees Barisan’s Robert Lau Hui Yew taking on DAP state chairman Wong Ho Leng, with independent candidate Narawi Haron, an ex-serviceman, hoping to play the spoiler’s role.
Barisan Nasional wins by 1,725 majority. P Kamalanathan gets 24,997 votes to Datuk Zaid Ibrahim's 23,272. The hard-fought Hulu Selangor by-election win by the BN is what will be seen as a boost for Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration, but Pakatan Rakyat (PR) is expected to take heart from the close margin.
Earlier today, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin had set a target of winning by up to 6,000 votes as observers had noted that BN needed to win big after pulling out all the stops during the campaign to justify Najib’s personal involvement and its pork-barrelled spending.
The ruling coalition had thrown everything and the kitchen sink at the campaign in an attempt to to put it on track to recovery after a string of by-election defeats since Election 2008.
BN had lost in all by-elections in the peninsular since 2008, except for its stronghold of Bagan Pinang in Negri Sembilan, which it retained in a by-election last October.
In today’s vote, Kamalanathan obtained 24,997 votes while Zaid received 23,272.
The results suggest BN and PR are still neck and neck in the battle for support from Malaysians, particularly in the peninsular.
08:55pm - Official result. 121 of 137 boxes counted: P. Kamalanathan (BN) - 22,693; Zaid Ibrahim (PKR) - 21,393
05:45pm - Voting were closed at 05:00pm. The voter turnout was 75.87%.
04:30pm - Voter turnout at 4pm was 73.82% or 47,615 people.
03:00pm - Polling stations opened across Hulu Selangor at 8 this morning with 67.18 per cent of 64,500 voters having cast their ballots up to 3pm, choosing between PKR's Datuk Zaid Ibrahim or MIC's P. Kamalanathan. The Election Commission said 43,333 have cast their votes in 136 polling streams by 3pm.
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Even before polling closes, the Barisan Nasional (BN) says it is confident of victory in today’s Hulu Selangor by-election, with a majority of 6,000 votes targetted by the campaign. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the 6,000-vote target was based on the majority obtained by BN in winning the three state seats within the parliamentary constituency in Election 2008.
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MIC information chief P. Kamalanathan is the Barisan Nasional candidate for the Hulu Selangor by-election, Barisan deputy chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced Thursday.
Muhyiddin, who is the Deputy Prime Minister, made the announcement at the Barisan command centre for the by-election at Bukit Sentosa, near here.
"The choice was based on what the people in Hulu Selangor wanted. They wanted change," he said.
He said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had called him from the United States on Thursday morning, and told him that the Barisan machinery must work hard to win the by-election for the parliamentary seat.
Earlier in the day, the MIC agreed to field Kamalanathan (pic) as the Barisan candidate for the parliamentary seat.
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The Kelantan-born Zaid Ibrahim had the backing from the liberal faction in PKR and big names in the DAP. A hush-hush survey to gauge how the voters viewed the different possible candidates had Zaid’s name coming out tops.
In the end, party supremo Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had to go along with the majority view.
Zaid, a former Umno minister and a very wealthy lawyer, has a national image. His bold statements on issues has made him a recognizable face among Chinese groups and the intelligentsia.
“He is the most prominent national figure for PKR to field. He has his own kind of branding and also a bit of star power,” said Merdeka Centre director Ibrahim Suffian.
New-face Alice Lau would probably be picked by DAP to challenge Robert Lau Hui Yew from BN SUPP in the coming Sibu MP by-election.
The by-election is necessitated by the untimely demise of incumbent Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew, who was Deputy Transport Minister when he died of cancer on April 9 in Kuala Lumpur.
Talk of the street had it that Hui Yew was the person the late Lau had wanted to be his successor, especially in the later days when Lau realised it was hard for him to pull through.
But will the two Laus meet head-on in the coming battlefield? Most observers believe they will not.
“Alice will probably avoid it. The Lau clan will not want to see the two Laus fighting.
The clan member mentioned a famous quotation from the ancient ‘Warring State’, “We are all from the same root, why should we kill each other?”
Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek is the new MCA president. The former MCA deputy president polled 901 votes. His nearest challenger was Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, who received 833 votes while incumbent party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat garnered 578 votes.
Dr Chua says he would be “inclusive” and practise collective leadership as the new party president.
Deputy: In the straight fight for the deputy presidency, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai won over Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha. Liow received 1,171 votes to Kong’s 1,106 votes.
Vice-presidents: Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen (1528 votes), Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai (1469), Datuk Chor Chee Heung (1202) and Gan Ping Sieu (1202).
Central Committee Members
1. Lee Chee Leong - 1,430
2. Hou Kok Chung - 1,312
3. Heng Seai Kie - 1,267
4. Wee Jeck Seng - 1,175
5. Toh Chin Yaw - 1,142
6. Tee Siew Kiong - 1,141
7. Gan Tian Loo - 1,117
8. Tan Chai Ho - 1,114
9. Ong Ka Chuan - 1,104
10. Lee Wei Kiat - 1,100
11. Loh Seng Kok - 1,086
12. Hoh Khai Mun - 1,077
13. Liew Yuen Keong - 1,059
14. Tan Cheng Liang - 1,054
15. Koh Nai Kwong - 1,040
16. Por Choo Chor - 1,037
17. Tan Ken Ten - 999
18. Kong Sing Chu - 981
19. Chong Itt Chew - 975
20. Yoo Wei How - 974
21. Tan Ah Eng - 969
22. Wong Koon Mun - 953
23. Ti Lian Ker - 929
24. Teh Kim Poo - 864
25. Chuah Poh Khiang - 851
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07:00pm - Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek is the new MCA president.
The former MCA deputy president polled 901 votes. His nearest challenger was Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting, who received 833 votes while incumbent party president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat garnered 578 votes.
06:30pm - Although the results of the polls are yet to be announced, Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek is said to be leading in the count for the MCA presidency.
02:00pm - Counting of the votes began at about 2pm in the MCA headquarters here after 2,315 of the 2,318 central delegates who registered cast their ballots shortly after noon.
Incumbent Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat will be defending his presidency against his former deputy Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek and his predecessor Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting.
Ten candidates are vying for the four vice-president posts and 86 are contesting the 25 Central Committee member positions.
MCA secretary-general Datuk Wong Foon Meng announced the nominations closed at about 5pm, and party members were given 30mins to object. No objections were received.
PRESIDENT
1. Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat
2. Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek
3. Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting
DEPUTY PRESIDENT
1. Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai
2. Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha
VICE PRESIDENT
1. Datuk Loke Yuen Yow
2. Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen
3. Edward Khoo Keok Hai
4. Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai
5. Datuk Dr Yeow Chai Thiam
6. Datuk Chor Chee Heung
7. Gan Ping Sieu
8. Datuk Yew Teong Look
9. Alex Wong Siong Hwee
10. Datuk Yap Pian Hon
CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS
1 Ong Soon Boon
2. Yip Chee Kiong
3. Kee He Choon
4. Wong Jee Yai
5. Tan Ken Ten
6. Yoo Wei How
7. Gan Hong Su
8. Gan Tian Loo
9. Loh Seng Kok
10. Lau Chiek Tuan
11. Chong Itt Chew
12. Sim Eng Peng
13. Lim Eng Kok
14. Leong Siew Kam
15. Koo Chin Nam
16. Chuah Poh Khang
17. Lee Hong Tee
18. Tay Puay Chuan
19. Ong Chong Swen
20. Ho Yoon Peng
21. Kian Sit Har
22. Theng Book
23. Heng Chai Hwg
24. Koh Nai Kwong
25. tan Kok Hor
26. Yong Chew Leong
27. Chee Siew Chen
28. Tan Ah Eng
29. Chew Lee Geok
30. Wee Jeck Seng
31. Tee Siew Kiong
32. Son Thiam Hock
33. Tan Chai Ho
34. Wong Kook Mun
35. Thong Fah Chong
36. Dr Jeffrey Goh
37. Ei Kim Hock
38. Dr Por Choo Chor
39. Lee Ban Seng
40. Datuk Chan Kam
41. Datuk Lee Kon Yin
42. Loh Koi Pin
43. Teh Kim Po
44. Low Kim Mang
45. Lim Yong
46. Yeong Chee Wei
47. Teah Heok Kuin
48. Ong Ka Chuan
49. Ho Cheng Wang
50. Ong Chen Huing
51. Ho You Meng
By-Election Result 2009 for Permatang Pasir constituency.
PAS’s Mohd Salleh Man has won the Permatang Pasir state vote here in Penang by a big majority of 4,551 votes.
Official results show Mohd Salleh polled 9,618 votes while Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Rohaizat Othman received 5,067 votes.
The win for PAS was widely expected as the seat is within Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s Permatang Pauh parliamentary stronghold.
PAS’s handsome win also appears to indicate that in PR’s own backyard, they are unbeatable.
The win also comes despite Umno’s attempt to portray Anwar as a traitor to the Malays, while simultaneously playing the race and religion card.
Today’s turnout was 73.1 per cent compared to last year’s 82.57 per cent.
11:45am: Voter turn-out as of 11am is 38.9%.
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It look like the April 7 Tri-Byelection scorecard will be a status quo, i.e Barisan Nasional retain its seat at N29 Batang Ai while Pakatan Rakyat maintained it seat at N25 Bukit Selambau and P59 Bukit Gantang. BN 1 PR 2.
OFFICIAL RESULTS
P59 Bukit Gantang - PAS's Mohd Jamaluddin Nizar (21,860 votes) has beaten BN-UMNO's Ismail Saffian (19,071 votes). Majority - 2,789 (In 2008, the majority was 1,566).
N29 Batang Ai, Sarawak - BN-PRS's Malcolm Mussem Lamoh (3,907 votes) has beaten PKR's Jawah Gerang (1,854). The majority is 2,053.
In an immediate reaction, PKR leader Anwar Ibrahim said that the Pakatan victory in the two 'bukits' showed that “irrespective of the new PM, Malaysians still want change.”
“They are even stronger in their support for PKR,” he said. Anwar said that he was satisfied with the result as PKR did not expect to win Batang Ai.
He added that with PAS’ thumping victory in Bukit Gantang, Perak should now have fresh elections.
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All 13 independent candidates accepted their heavy defeat to Manikumar - all of them lost their deposits.
A Jayagopal said the fact that the independents managed to garner some votes - no matter how low - indicated that there were some voters who were unhappy with Pakatan and BN.
Delivering a similar message, Mejar (B) Anuar Abdul Hamid, who got the highest votes among the independents (314 votes), said the votes he gained showed that there were some elements of disgruntled voters in the constituency.
Anuar, who quit Umno last May with Dr Mahathir Mohamad, also did not role out returning to the party. However he said that he needed to think about it first.
Tan Hock Huat said the results today also showed that the Indians and the Chinese supported the Pakatan government in Kedah and urged PAS not to promote any Islamisation policies.
Batang Ai - Unofficial - BN retains Batang Ai state seat. Congratulation to Parti Rakyat Sarawak. See also Election result N29 Batang Ai
UPDATES
@ 07:33pm - Batang Ai - Unofficial final tally shows BN won 3,907 against PKR 2,053 with a majority of 1,854.
N25 Bukit Selambau By-election result. Bookmark this page and come back soon for the latest news and final result.
UPDATES
@ 10:50pm - CONFIRMED OFFICIAL RESULT - Bukit Selambau - S. Manikumar (PKR) 12,632 votes; S. Ganesan (BN) 10,229; Majority - 2,403 votes.
@ 08:50pm - UNOFFICIAL FINAL RESULT - PKR retains Bukit Selambau PKR's Manikumar wins the seat to retain the status quo in the state assembly. With only one more polling box to be counted, Manikumar is leading with a 2,092-vote majority. He has been leading in this race from the time the first box was counted.
@ 08:10pm - Bukit Selambau Unofficial Results. PKR's Manikumar is headed for a big victory. With 17 polling stations counted, he has 2,311 votes. There are only five more centres to go.
@ 07:40pm - Bukit Selambau Unofficial Results. PKR is leading by 1,080 votes after 10 polling stations have been counted. There are 12 more polling stations left.
@ 07:20pm - Bukit Selambau Unofficial results. After counting five out of 22 polling centres, PKR's Manikumar is leading by 990 votes.
@ 06:00pm - Election officials said the final turnout in Bukit Selambau was 70 per cent (24,687 voters).
PKR vice-president Azmin Ali (right) lifts PKR candidate S. Manikumar's hands in victory in the Bukit Selambau by-election. - Picture by Shannon Teoh
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ELECTORAL FACT ABOUT N25 BUKIT SELAMBAU (Kedah state seat)
35,140 voters
Malay – 50.2%, Chinese 19.3%
Indian 29.5%, Others 1%
S Manikumar (PKR)
S Ganesan (MIC)
Independents
- R Loganathan
- Tan Hock Huat
- Mohd Radhi Mat Lazim
- Mohd Fadzli Wahab
- Abdul Rahim Abu
- L Sarala
- A Jayagopal
- S Moganakumar
- Khamis Awang
- Husaini Yaacob
- Venason Michael
- Mejar (B) Anuar Abdul Hamid
- T Chandrarajan
P59 Bukit Gantang By-election result. Bookmark this page and come back soon for the latest news and final result.
UPDATES
@ 09:20pm - Bukit Gantang OFFICIAL RESULTS - Mohd Jamaluddin Nizar (PAS) 21,860.
Ismail Saffian (BN-Umno) 19,071. Kamarul Ramizu Idris (Ind) 62. Majority - 2,789 (In 2008, the majority was 1,566)
@ 08:50pm - UNOFFICIAL PAS wins Bukit Gantang PAS 20,021, BN 17,076, Independent 56. Majority 2,945.
@ 08:35pm - Bkt Gantang - Unofficial results has Pas 20,021; BN 17,076; Independent 56; spoilt votes 318. The majority is 2,945.
@ 08:25pm - Bukit Gantang Unofficial results. PAS has increased majority to over 3,000 votes. PAS 18,275, BN 15,101, Independent 47. Majority 3,174.
@ 08:15pm - Bukit Gantang Unofficial results. PAS 16,316, BN 14,061, Independent 40. Majority 2,255. So far, 64 percent of the votes cast have been tallied.
@ 07.40pm - Bukit Gantang Unofficial results. PAS 13,571, BN 11,191, Independent 31. Majority 2,380.
@ 07:33pm - Bkt Gantang - Unofficial results. show Pas has 11,375; BN 8,998; Independent 29; spoilt votes 137.
@ 07:20pm - Bukit Gantang Unofficial results. PAS 9,423, BN 6,997, Independent 25. Majority 2,426. About 40 percent of the 41,000 votes have so far been counted.
@ 06:45pm - Bkt Gantang - Unofficial tally shows Pas has 5,141 to BN 3,289. Independent has 10 votes with 42 spoilt votes.
@ 06:00pm - Election officials said the final turnout in Bukit Gantang was 75 per cent or 41,626 voters.
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A triumphant Nizar with Pakatan Rakyat party leaders and supporters after his convincing win for the Bukit Gantang parliamentary seat. - Picture by Choo Choy May
ELECTORAL FACT ABOUT P59 BUKIT GANTANG
(Perak Parliament seat)
55,562 voters
Malay – 63.5%, Chinese 27.1%,
Indians 9.1%, Others 0.2%
Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin (PAS)
Ismail Saffian (Umno)
Kamarul Ramizu Idris (Independent)
