A by-election was held for the Kedah State Assembly seat of Lunas on 29 November 2000 following the nomination day on 21 November 2000.[1] The seat fell vacant after the incumbent assemblyman, Joe Fernandez, the deputy state chief of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, was assassinated in Bukit Mertajam on 4 November 2000.[2] He won a 4,700-vote majority by polling 9,760 votes against three candidates: 5,060 votes for M. Kathiravelo of Democratic Action Party (DAP), Ibrahim Mohamed Rashdi (Independent) 2,158 votes and N. Letchumanan (Independent) 87 votes in the general elections in 1999.
S. Anthonysamy of MIC was chosen to be the Barisan Nasional candidate for the by-election, while the opposition Barisan Alternatif coalition chose Saifuddin Nasution Ismail of Parti Keadilan Nasional (KeADILan) as their candidate. The by-election was a three-corner between two of them and independent N. Letchumanan.[3]
The by-election was won by Saifuddin Nasution Ismail with a majority of 530 votes, polling 10,511 votes.[4] A 77.58 percentage turnout of a total 26,746 registered voters came out to vote.[5]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PKR | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail | 10,511 | 51.17 | ||
| BN | S. Anthonysamy | 9,981 | 48.59 | ||
| Independent | N. Letchumanan | 50 | 0.24 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,542 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 204 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 20,746 | 77.57 | |||
| Registered electors | 26,746 | ||||
| Majority | 530 | ||||
| PKR gain from BN | Swing | ?
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References
edit- ^ "Pilihanraya Kecil DUN Lunas - BA Mesti Menang". Tranung Kite Cyberlink. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Assassination Puts Malaysian Politicians on Alert". Yokesun Ching. 30 November 2000. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Lunas by-election a three-cornered fight". Utusan Malaysia. 21 November 2000. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Mahathir's coalition loses by-election". BBC News. 29 November 2000. Retrieved 28 May 2010.
- ^ OTHMAN MOHAMAD (30 November 2000). "Keadilan menang pilihan raya kecil Lunas". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
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