PN’s Abidin Ismail leads Sungai Bakap by-election by 1,426 votes
As of 4pm, 57.7 per cent of the 39,151 registered voters had cast their ballots to elect a new representative for the Sg Bakap state constituency.
SHAH ALAM - Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Sungai Bakap by-election candidate Abidin Ismail is currently leading by 1,426 votes over Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Dr Joohari Ariffin.
Immediately after closing, all ballot boxes from the 65 voting streams were transported to the official vote tallying centre at the Jawi Multipurpose Hall near here.
As of 4pm, 57.7 per cent of the 39,151 registered voters had cast their ballots to elect a new representative for the Sg Bakap state constituency.
In total, 39,279 registered voters were eligible to vote in this by-election, including 57 members of the police force.
However, no early voting centres were opened, despite the date being set for July 2 after the EC issued 128 postal ballots to eligible postal voters.
The by-election is a straight fight between Joohari and Abidin.
The seat fell vacant following the death of incumbent Nor Zamri Latiff of Pas on May 24.
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