WITH results of five PKR divisions yet to be confirmed, Azmin Ali appears to have topped his rival Rafizi Ramli in the race for the party’s deputy president post with a more than 5,000-vote majority.

In addition to the Julau division in Sarawak, which suspended its polls pending police investigations into allegations of hacking in its e-voting system, four divisions in Malacca – Bukit Katil, Kota Melaka, Masjid Tanah and Jasin – had yet to announce its results in the party’s national polls set to end tonight.

Azmin, however, assumed victory by taking to Twitter this evening to thank his supporters.

“Thank you to all KEADILAN members who together voted for a mandate to pursue a genuine reform agenda,” the deputy president wrote.

Alhamdulillah dan syukur. Terima kasih kepada semua anggota KEADILAN yang bersama membingkai muafakat untuk meneruskan agenda reformasi tulen.

— Mohamed Azmin Ali (@AzminAli) November 11, 2018

Unofficial results showed Azmin has garnered 68,843 votes from PKR members nationwide compared with Rafizi’s 63,568, resulting in a 5,275-vote lead for Azmin.

Meanwhile, Rafizi remained confident that he would beat Azmin once all the votes across the country were counted before PKR’s national congress starts on Friday.

“I am confident that when the full tally is released tomorrow or the day after, I will win by more than 4,500 votes,” he said in a video on social media thanking his supporters in Sarawak.

PKR’s political bureau is set to meet on Tuesday to determine the outcome of the polls.

In Kuala Selangor where a revote took place today, results also showed Azmin beating Rafizi.

Selangor PKR chief coordinator Hassan Yusof said the economic affairs minister obtained 982 votes while Rafizi polled 389 votes.

With this, Azmin has accumulated 19,435 votes from 22 Selangor divisions, while Rafizi managed 15,434 votes.

Unofficial results in Tawau, Sabah, which also held a revote today, Azmin won by a 817-vote majority to bag 2,357 votes to Rafizi’s 1,540.

Rafizi, meanwhile, won in the Pensiangan revote, defeating Azmin Ali by a 2,126-vote majority.

He won 2,388 votes while the incumbent garnered 262 votes.

Yesterday, Rafizi won in Keningau with only a three-vote majority, while he won Pensiangan with a majority of more than 2,000 votes.

Keningau, Pensiangan, and Tawau held fresh polls after the party’s central election committee cancelled the results of polling held from November 3 to 4.

Unofficial results also showed Azmin taking seven divisions in Sarawak. 

The seven divisions taken by Azmin are Mambong, Sri Aman, Stampin, Sarikei, Petra Jaya, Santubong, Sibu, Mas Gading and Lubok Antu. 

Rafizi won five divisions – Serian, Kapit, Sibuti, Miri and Limbang.

Meanwhile, Rafizi won Negri Sembilan with a wafer thin majority of 15, taking in 2,898 votes after a recount in Jelebu. – November 11, 2018.