BN wins big in Slim

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 29 Aug 2020 9:23PM · 6 Comments

BN’s Slim candidate Mohd Zaidi Aziz (centre) flanked by other coalition leaders after securing victory tonight. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Hasnoor Hussain, August 29, 2020.

BARISAN Nasional has retained the Slim state seat by a majority of 10,945 votes.

At around 9pm, the Election Commission announced the official results, which showed BN’s Mohd Zaidi Aziz polling 13,060 votes over the 2,115 polled by independent candidate Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi from Pejuang.

Another independent, S. Santharasekaran, obtained 276 votes.

Voter turnout was at 68.4%, with 15,451 ballots cast.

Of these, 327 were rejected.

BN’s win was almost a foregone conclusion in the Perak seat it has held since 2004.

Its win also maintains the status quo in the state government, where the Perikatan Nasional government BN is part of has 33 out of 59 state seats.

It is also the seventh by-election victory for BN since the general election in May 2018.

The seat fell vacant following the death of its assemblyman Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib, who died from a heart attack on July 15.

He was reported to have collapsed while playing golf at the Awana Genting Highlands Golf and Country Resort and was rushed to Bentong Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. – August 29, 2020.

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  • This is a clear cut rejection of the 94-year old by everyone.

    Posted 5 years ago by Arul Inthirarajah · Reply

    • The PM and Muafakat Nasional, having obtained a clear signal, can now work towards desolving the present parliament and have a fresh election early next year after the RMCO ends this December. Ada berani?

      Posted 5 years ago by Anwar Ismail · Reply

    • Pejuang should dissolve and its members can join existing PH parties.

      Posted 5 years ago by Anak Kampung · Reply

  • one more nail in the coffin of reform and hope

    Posted 5 years ago by Scm wong · Reply

    • On the contrary, neither party represented reform. Both were race-based. In light of Pejuangs dismal performance, this seat should be given to a multiracial party to contest at the next elections. Let there be a straight fight between the ancien regime and truly progressive values, not half measures like Pejuang.

      Posted 5 years ago by Anak Kampung · Reply

  • Pejuang never berjuang for us only berjuang for Himself n His Family. All out to become PM then like Coward Resign from being PM. BACK STAB VOTERS

    Posted 5 years ago by Lucky Boy · Reply