[UNOFFICIAL] Negeri Sembilan polls: PH leads in five-cornered contest in Nilai

Arul has secured 5,424 votes, comfortably ahead of his closest challenger, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Lai Chien Kong, who has received 3,069 votes.

NURUL HIDAYAH HAMID
By  NURUL HIDAYAH HAMID
01 Aug 2026 08:34pm
Pakatan Harapan is leading the five-cornered contest for the Nilai state seat. - BERNAMA FILE PIX
Pakatan Harapan is leading the five-cornered contest for the Nilai state seat. - BERNAMA FILE PIX

SHAH ALAM – DAP national vice-chairman and incumbent Nilai assemblyman J. Arul Kumar continues to lead the five-cornered contest for the Nilai state seat in the Negeri Sembilan polls.

Based on the latest unofficial count, Arul secured 5,424 votes, comfortably ahead of his closest challenger, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Lai Chien Kong, who received 3,069 votes.

Parti Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa) candidate Zamani Ibrahim is in third place with 1,917 votes, followed by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) candidate Datuk V. Saravana Kumar with 218 votes, while Independent candidate Omar Isa garnered 44 votes.

Nilai has emerged as one of the key battlegrounds in this year's state polls, featuring a five-way contest involving the incumbent from PH-DAP, as well as candidates from BN, Bersatu, Berjasa and an Independent candidate.

In the 2023 Negeri Sembilan polls, Arul won the Nilai seat with a majority of 10,889 votes in a four-cornered contest after securing 19,133 votes.

His opponents were Gan Chee Biow (PN-Bersatu), who received 8,244 votes, followed by Independent candidates Omar Mohd Isa (1,430 votes) and S. Yessu (57 votes).

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