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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 coalition at the end of the month to decide whether to contest the by-election in northern Penang state.
A lawmaker from former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim’s opposition alliance quit his state assembly seat recently following unsubstantiated allegations of corruption. A date for the ballot to fill the seat will be decided soon.
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Popularity: 3% [?]
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 popularity. The ruling National Front coalition downplayed the loss, saying Najib was yet to make his mark.
“The feel-good factor from the power transition is still too new and has not sunk in,” Najib’s right-hand man, Muhyiddin Yasin, told reporters while conceding defeat.
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Popularity: 4% [?]
Although the Jan 17 battle for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat is a three-cornered fight, it will boil down to a straight contest between Umno and the opposition Pas. And Umno is coming across as the underdog.
When nominations closed yesterday, three candidates made the cut: Umno’s Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Salleh, Pas’s Abdul Wahid Endut and independent Azharuddin Mamat.
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Popularity: 6% [?]
There were no surprises today in the naming of Senator Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh as Barisan Nasional’s (BN) candidate for the crucial Kuala Terengganu by-election, but the controversies surrounding him and his close links with the prime minister will be campaign fodder for Pakatan Rakyat.
For Wan Farid, who is also Kuala Terengganu Umno division chief and the deputy home minister, his political career is riding on the election as he has been told that he will not be reappointed senator again if he loses the vote.
The Terengganu state assembly nominated the deputy home minister as senator recently as his first term ends in January.
The selection of Wan Ahmad Farid was announced by Deputy Prime Mnister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who said the decision had the consent of Prime Minister and Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
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Popularity: 9% [?]
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim won the Permatang Pauh by-election, but what was impressive was the margin of victory.
The PKR leader was returned to Parliament with a majority of 15,671 votes, exceeding the 13,388-vote majority achieved by his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail in the March 8 general election.
Anwar garnered 31,195 votes to beat Barisan candidate Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah, who garnered 15,524 votes, while low-key Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia candidate Hanafi Hamat lost his RM15,000 deposit after getting only 92 votes.
The details election results for Permatang Pauh from 1982 to 2008 can be obtained at Keputusan Pilihan Raya Permatang Pauh.
Meanwhile the chronology of the election day can be read at Laporan Pengundian Permatang Pauh and Live updates from Permatang Pauh.
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Popularity: 7% [?]
The imam who witnessed Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan“s swearing on the Quran to accuse Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim of sodomising him has cast doubts on the oath.
With less than a day to campaign in the Permatang Pauh by-election, observers noted that the Barisan Nasional“s strongest point of attack against the former deputy prime minister has been blunted.
This means the public confession by Ramlang Porigi, the imam of the Kuala Lumpur mosque, made in Permatang Pauh late last night has freed Anwar from having to take the same Quranic vow to prove his innocence.
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Popularity: 8% [?]
The Permatang Pauh by-election campaign kicked off in earnest with four candidates submitting their papers at the nomination centre here on Saturday morning, although one later pulled out.
At 11.45am, returning officer Roslan Yahaya announced there were three candidates contesting the seat: PKR adviser and de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Seberang Jaya MP Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah and Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia (Akim) president Hanafi Hamad.
An independent candidate Dr Mansor Othman, former Penang PKR leader, had also submitted his nomination but later withdrew, losing his RM15,000 deposit in the process.
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Popularity: 6% [?]
Are you surprised by the results?
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I think it’s shocking. Although I expected BN to lose but I did not think that they lost five states.
I’m sorry that I made the wrong choice in Pak Lah. I never expected a PM to reverse all the policies of the government. So I think the people on the whole must have been very angry. All the three communities, the Chinese, the Malays and the Indians, have reacted.
Will Tun pressure Pak Lah to resign?
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I think he should accept responsibility for this. Just as in 2004, the huge majority, the huge victory was purportedly due to him 100 percent. Now he should accept 100 percent of the responsibility.
What do you mean by taking responsibility?
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He has destroyed Umno, destroyed BN. And he has to be responsible for this terrible defeat.
If he doesn’t want to take responsibility, do you think that Umno will do something to make him go?
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I think Umno people on the ground are fearful of this man as they have never been before. During my time they would challenge me. Here I was not allowed to speak. I was given invitations to give talk to Umno members but these were withdrawn. They say that the police told them to withdraw it.
Popularity: 16% [?]
The 11th Election for Malaysia was held on 8 Mac 2008. There were 222 seats for Parliament and 505 seats for State.
Below is the 2008 election results;
| STATE | PARLIAMENT | STATE | ||||
| BN | OPP | OTH | BN | OPP | OTH | |
| F.T. Kuala Lumpur | 1 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| F.T. Labuan | 1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| F.T. Putrajaya |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Johor | 25 |
1 |
- |
50 |
6 |
- |
| Kedah | 4 |
11 |
- |
14 |
21 |
1 |
| Kelantan |
2 |
12 |
- |
6 |
39 |
- |
| Malacca | 5 |
1 |
- |
23 |
5 |
- |
| Negeri Sembilan | 5 |
3 |
- |
21 |
15 |
- |
| Pahang | 12 |
2 |
- |
37 |
4 |
1 |
| Penang | 2 |
11 |
- |
11 |
29 |
- |
| Perak | 13 |
11 |
- |
28 |
31 |
- |
| Perlis |
3 |
- |
- |
14 |
1 |
- |
| Sabah | 24 |
1 |
- |
59 |
1 |
- |
| Sarawak | 30 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Selangor |
5 |
17 |
- |
20 |
36 |
- |
| Terengganu |
7 |
1 |
- |
24 |
8 |
- |
| TOTAL | 140 |
82 |
0 |
307 |
196 |
2 |
The detail by political parties;
| Political Parties | Parliament | State | |
| BN Parliament - 140 seats State - 307 seats |
|||
| GERAKAN | 2 |
3 |
|
| LDP | 1 |
2 |
|
| MCA | 15 |
32 |
|
| MIC | 3 |
7 |
|
| PBB | 14 |
- | |
| PBRS | 1 |
1 |
|
| PBS | 3 |
12 |
|
| PRS | 6 |
- |
|
| SAPP |
3 |
5 |
|
| SPDP | 4 |
- |
|
| SUPP | 6 |
- | |
| UMNO | 79 |
239 |
|
| UPKO | 3 |
6 |
|
| - |
- |
- |
|
| IND Parliament - 0 seat State - 2 seats |
|||
| IND | - |
2 |
|
| OPP Parliament - 82 seats State - 196 seats |
|||
| DAP | 28 |
73 |
|
| KEADILAN | 31 |
40 |
|
| PAS | 23 |
83 |
|
For the official and details result please refer Election Commission of Malaysia or The Star - Election Result.
Popularity: 9% [?]
| 2.5 |
