PAKATAN Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has officially won the Tambun parliamentary seat with a 5,328-vote majority.
Up until midnight, it has been reported that the PKR president had secured 32,026 votes, defeating Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu of Perikatan Nasional (PN), who polled 26,698 votes.
Meanwhile, Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Aminuddin Md Hanafiah garnered 16,275 votes while Parti Pejuang Tanah Air’s Abdul Rahim Tahir received 656 votes.
The Tambun constituency comprised 71.2% Bumiputera, 18.1% Chinese and 10.3% Indian, with other races making up the balance.
A total of 160,558 Tambun voters or 155,802 normal voters, 4,734 early voters, as well as 22 absentee voters (overseas) were eligible to cast their ballots in the 15th General Election.
Faizal is the incumbent Tambun MP, Bersatu deputy president, and a former youth and sports minister. – Nov 20, 2022
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