Telok Intan by-election, 2014
A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Teluk Intan on 31 May 2014 following the nomination day on 19 May 2014.[1][2] The seat was vacated after the death of the incumbent MP, Seah Leong Peng from bladder cancer in Kuala Lumpur on 1 May 2014.[3] Seah was a lawmaker from the Democratic Action Party, a component party of Pakatan Rakyat.[4] In the 2013 general election, he defeated Barisan Nasional candidate and Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong and an independent candidate by 7,313 votes.[3][5][6]
The PR candidate in the by-election was DAP's Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, notable for her status as a rare Malay politician in the DAP.[7] On 17 May 2014, BN announced that it would again field Mah Siew Keong.[8] 60,349 voters were eligible to vote in the by-election.[9]
Results
Mah Siew Keong won the election by a slim majority of 238 votes.[10][11]
Malaysian general by-election, 31 May 2014: Telok Intan Upon the death of incumbent, Seah Leong Peng | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||||
BN | Mah Siew Keong | 20,157 | 50.30 | + 8.24 | ||||
DAP | Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud | 19,919 | 49.70 | - 7.66 | ||||
Total valid votes | 40,076 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 543 | |||||||
Unreturned ballots | 49 | |||||||
Turnout | 40,668 | 67.39 | ||||||
Registered electors | 60,349 | |||||||
Majority | 238 | 0.60 | ||||||
BN gain from DAP | Swing | 0.58 | ||||||
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil P.076 Telok Intan". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-09-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the Dewan Rakyat of P.076 Telok Intan for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 220/2014]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-19. "P. U. (B) 275/2014 Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of P.076 Telok Intan" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-14. |
References
- ↑ "Teluk Intan by-election: Polling May 31, nomination May 19 |". FZ. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "May 31 set for Teluk Intan by-election". The Rakyat Post. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- 1 2 "DAP lawmaker dies of cancer, says paper". The Malaysian Insider. 1 May 2014.
- ↑ "Teluk Intan MP's death puts another poll on DAP's plate". The Malay Mail Online. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ↑ "P76 Teluk Intan". undi.info.
- ↑ "DAP's Teluk Intan MP dies of cancer at age 48". Malaysian Chronicle. 1 May 2014.
- ↑ Eileen Ng (17 May 2014). "DAP names Dyana Sofya as Teluk Intan candidate". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014.
- ↑ Audrey Dermawan (17 May 2014). "Teluk Intan: BN names Mah Siew Keong as its candidate". New Straits Times. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ↑ "Gerakan's Mah takes on Dyana Sofya in Teluk Intan by-election". The Malaysian Insider. 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Mah recaptures Teluk Intan by 238 votes". Malaysiakini. 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Penyata Pengundian Selepas Pengumuman Rasmi Undi" (PDF) (in Malay). Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya Malaysia. 31 May 2014.