A by-election was held for the Selangor State Assembly seat of Kajang on 23 March 2014 following the nomination day on 11 March 2014.[1][2] The seat was vacated after the incumbent assemblyman, Lee Chin Cheh resigned on 27 January 2014.[3] Lee was an assemblyman from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat, a component party of Pakatan Rakyat. He won by a majority of 6,824 votes against 5 other candidates in the general elections in 2013.[4]
Federal parliamentary opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had confirmed to stand as the Pakatan Rakyat candidate in the by-election.[5] However, due to the unusually swift conviction by the Court of Appeal in his sodomy case, his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail replaced him as the PR candidate.[6][7] Barisan Nasional, which forms the opposition in the Selangor Assembly, named MCA vice president and former Petaling Jaya Utara MP Chew Mei Fun as their candidate.[8]
The by-election was won by Dr Wan Azizah with a majority of 5,379 votes.[9] The turnout in this by-election decreased by 16% from the general election in 2013.[10][11]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Wan Azizah Wan Ismail | 16,741 | 59.57 | + 1.58 | ||
| BN | Chew Mei Fun | 11,362 | 40.43 | + 2.66 | ||
| Total valid votes | 28,103 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 176 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 38 | |||||
| Turnout | 28,317 | 72.09 | ||||
| Registered electors | 39,278 | |||||
| Majority | 5,379 | |||||
| PKR hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil N.25 Kajang". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.25 Kajang for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 86/2014]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of N.25 Kajang [P.U. (B) 113/2014]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-19. | ||||||
See also
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