By Election Seri Setia
The vote share in the two by elections in seri setia and balakong revealed mixed results so neither side can be too pleased.
By election seri setia. All of the early voters in balakong are police personnel and they are casting their votes. In the 14th general election on may 9 shaharuddin of pkr obtained 29 250 votes and defeated bn candidate datuk yusoff hm haniff who obtained 9 878 votes pas mohd ghazali daud 4 563 votes and independent candidate dr s. Kuala lumpur sept 4. The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the selangor state legislative assembly under the first past the post voting system.
Election commission officials make final preparations at a polling centre in balakong. The seri setia state by election was called following the death of its incumbent assemblyman prof dr shaharuddin badaruddin last aug 2 due to colon cancer. The seri setia by election is set to run concurrently with the balakong state by election on september 8 the election commission ec has announced. Voting for the seri setia and balakong by elections kicked off at 8am today with 18.
Seri setia is a state constituency in selangor malaysia that has been represented in the selangor state legislative assembly since 2004. Shaharuddin was a member of the parti keadilan rakyat or people s justice party pkr a component party of the. Seri setia 8 september by election ph 58 6 pas 41 4 total 100 0 valid votes cast voter turnout 44 9 may general election ph 66 6 bn 22 5 pas. A by election was held on 8 september 2018 for the selangor state legislative assembly seat of seri setia.
A total of 2 801 early voters for the balakong and seri setia by elections began casting their votes at 8am today. The seat became vacant after the sudden death of the incumbent assemblyman and selangor state executive councillor shaharuddin badaruddin on 2 august 2018 from colon cancer. According to election commission ec statistics 31 are early.