PAKATAN Harapan (PH) has retained its two-thirds majority in Parliament with a big win in the Pulai parliamentary seat in Johor today.
Meanwhile, in the Simpang Jeram state seat, PH won by a comfortable margin.
PH candidate Suhaizan Kayat is said to have won by a large margin after more than 80% of the ballot papers were counted at the vote tallying centre. The unofficial result of Pulai after 228 out of 297 channels were counted was that PH got 36,703 votes.
Meanwhile, Perikatan Nasional (PN) got 24,035 votes. Majority 12,668. The PN candidate in Pulai has conceded defeat.A Twitter user said this is the seventh time that Suhaizan has tried his luck at elections.
7th time’s the charm
BREAKING: Suhaizan Kayat to Parliament, here we go! Agreement reached with Pulai on 4 year deal worth 🚨🔵🔴 #PERPADUAN
SPR waiting to sign documents then sealed.
Exclusive interview: “This is my 7th time trying, it’s my dream”. Now reality. pic.twitter.com/Tjbh30KLFX
— Fab Rahman (@FabriRahman) September 9, 2023
Simpang Jeram was PN’s best bet to grab a seat in the Johor by-election and that is because the seat is near PN chief Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s home base in Pagoh. The seat also has a higher Malay voter demographic at almost 52%.The low turnout does not appear to have hampered PH’s performance in Pulai after all.In the latest updates from Malaysia, the Election Commission (EC) has reported a lower voter turnout at the Pulai parliamentary by-election compared to the Simpang Jeram state seat, citing heavy rain as a contributing factor.Amanah president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu and Johor party chief Aminolhuda Hassan joined supporters at Dataran Taman Dahlia in Perling, where the party was streaming the latest unofficial by-election results. – Sept 9, 2023
Main photo credit: Prime Minister’s Office
