The 2024 Mahkota by-election was a by-election for the Johor State Legislative Assembly seat of Mahkota that was held on 28 September 2024. It was called following the death of incumbent, Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain on 2 August 2024 from internal bleeding.[1][2][3] Sharifah Azizah served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Penawar from 2018 to 2022 and for Mahkota from 2022.
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N29 Mahkota seat in the Johor State Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 53.84% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Barisan Nasional's Syed Hussein Syed Abdullah defeated Perikatan Nasional's Mohamad Haizan Jaafar in a landslide, winning by a majority of 20,648 votes, leading in all polling districts, as well as early and postal votes.[4][5]
Nomination
editOn 17 August 2024, Pakatan Harapan (PH) Secretary-General Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed that PH would not field a candidate, and instead giving way to Barisan Nasional (BN).[6] On 7 September 2024, BN nominated Kluang UMNO Youth chief Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah as its candidate.[7] On 10 September 2024, Perikatan Nasional (PN) nominated former Johor FA footballer and former Kluang football head coach Mohamad Haizan Jaafar as its candidate.[8]
On Nomination Day, the race was confirmed to be a straight fight between Syed Hussein of BN and Mohamad Haizan of PN after nominations closed.[9]
Timeline
editThe key dates are listed below.
| Date | Event |
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| 13 August 2024 | Issue of the Writ of Election |
| 14 September 2024 | Nomination Day |
| 14–27 September 2024 | Campaigning Period |
| 24 September 2024 | Early polling day for postal and overseas voters |
| 28 September 2024 | Polling Day |
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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| BN | Syed Hussein Syed Abdullah | 27,995 | 79.21 |  33.35
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| PN | Mohamad Haizan Jaafar | 7,347 | 20.79 |  0.23
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| Total valid votes | 35,342 | 98.98 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 339 | 0.95 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 24 | 0.07 | ||||
| Turnout | 35,705 | 53.84 | 3.50
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| Registered electors | 66,318 | |||||
| Majority | 20,648 | 57.83 | 43.56
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| BN hold | Swing | ? | ||||
Previous results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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| BN | Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain | 16,611 | 45.86 | 1.75
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| PH | Muhammad Taqiuddin Cheman | 11,445 | 31.59 | 16.65
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| PN | Mohamad Nor Lingan | 7,614 | 21.02 | 21.02
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| Heritage | Mohamed Noor Suleiman | 555 | 1.53 | 1.53
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| Total valid votes | 36,225 | 97.08 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 805 | 2.16 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 286 | 0.77 | ||||
| Turnout | 37,316 | 57.34 | 27.49
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| Registered electors | 65,074 | |||||
| Majority | 5,166 | 14.27 | 10.14
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| BN gain from PH | Swing | ? | ||||
References
edit- ^ "Umno's Mahkota assemblyman Sharifah Azizah dies". New Straits Times. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Mahkota rep Sharifah Azizah passes away". The Star. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Umno's Mahkota rep dies". Free Malaysia Today. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Mahkota by-election: Barisan Nasional retains Johor state seat with landslide win". The Straits Times. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "[OFFICIAL] BN secures Mahkota seat as Syed Hussien wins by a landslide of over 20,000 votes". Malay Mail. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "PH not contesting Mahkota seat - Saifuddin Nasution". BERNAMA. 17 August 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "BN names Syed Hussien as candidate for Mahkota by-election". Free Malaysia Today. 7 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Mahkota Polls: Former Johor FA footballer Mohamad Haizan Jaafar named as Perikatan's candidate". The Star. 10 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Straight fight between BN, PN in Johor by-election". The Straits Times. 14 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
