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 [...]

The Election Commission today announced August 16 as nomination day and August 26 as polling day for the Permatang Pauh parliamentary constituency by-election. Three-term MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail quit the seat last week to give her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim an opportunity to enter Parliament as sodomy charges loom. Anwar, [...]

In the wake of rumours on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s imminent arrest, his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Ismail today resigned as Permatang Pauh MP to make way for him to contest in a by-election. Dr Wan Azizah, the parliamentary opposition leader who will keep her Parti Keadilan Rakyat president’s post, said she also [...]

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Amirsham A. Aziz – a newbie in the administration – was caught with his pants down when he was spotted reading the answer to a supplementary question in Parliament today. Ironically, the topic was the New Economic Policy (NEP) – already a controversial subject – and the first [...]

The 11th Election for Malaysia was held on 21 Mac 2004. There were 219 seats for Parliament and 505 seats for State. Below is the 2004 election results; STATE PARLIAMENT STATE BN OPP OTH BN OPP OTH F.T. Kuala Lumpur 7 4 – - – - F.T. Labuan 1 – - – - – F.T. [...]