Barisan Nasional Won Bagan Pinang By-Election

Share Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Tan Sri Mohd Isa Samad has won the Bagan Pinang by-election by a landslide of 5,435 votes, snapping its losing streak in peninsula Malaysia since Election 2008. The huge margin of victory will give Umno in particular a big boost, which it hopes will mark the party’s revival. BN retained the [...]

Tan Sri Isa Samad For Bagan Pinang By-Election

Share The upcoming Bagan Pinang by-election is the best chance for Barisan Nasional (BN) to end the opposition’s winning streak, but the ruling coalition is starting off on a defensive note. In an all too familiar scenario, Umno yet again enters the campaign defending its choice of candidate. It picked former Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar [...]

PAS Won Permatang Pasir By-Election

Share 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 [...]

Manik Urai By-Election : PAS vs Barisan Nasional

Share The Manik Urai state by-election scheduled for July 14 will see a straight fight between PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah, 50, and Barisan Nasional candidate Tuan Aziz Tuan Mat, 39. Tuan Aziz, accompanied by about 10,000 supporters led by Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, filed his papers at 9.05am, just minutes after [...]

By-Elections Waste Of Funds

Share Malaysia’s leader has said the ruling coalition may sit out an upcoming by-election sparked by the resignation of an opposition lawmaker, decrying it as a political ploy and a waste of public funds. Prime Minister Najib Razak was quoted by the Sunday Star as saying that he would meet leaders of his National Front [...]

Pakatan Rakyat Won Bukit Gantang And Bukit Selambau

Share Malaysia’s opposition won two of three by-elections held Tuesday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Najib Razak who took power last week with pledges to carry out wide-ranging government and social reforms. The results do not change the balance of power at federal or state level but serve as an unofficial referendum on Najib’s [...]

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