By Election Tg Piai
The election commission announced that the voter turnout for the tanjung piaiby election on saturday was around 74 4 per cent less than the 85 7 per cent total during last year s polls.
By election tg piai. Having the tanjung piai by election as a tipping point away from racial politics would be a great way to honour him. His sudden demise has brought about a by election for the tanjung piai federal constituency in johor. The tanjung piai by election saw the barisan nasional candidate from its malaysian chinese association mca datuk seri wee jeck seng win with an overwhelming 15 086 vote majority. It was called following the death of incumbent md farid md rafik on 21 september 2019.
Barisan nasional s bn datuk seri wee jeck seng together with bn leaders are pictured after he was announced as winner of the tanjung piai parliamentary by election at dewan jubli intan pontian november 16 2019 picture by shafwan zaidon. The late md farid won the tanjung piai seat at the last general election 05 may 2018 defeating wee jeck seng of mca with just a majority of 524 votes in a 53 528 strong electorate. Otai reformasi is using the tanjung piai by election defeat to force mahathir to resign. Barisan nasional s defeat in the 14th general election or ge14 in may 2018 is mainly because of najib tun razak.
Mahathir in fact used this same argument last year. Barisan nasional grabs landslide victory in johor seat opposition coalition wins with 15 086 majority regains seat it lost in 2018 election. In the hotly contested by election of nov. I have been pondering more and more on this upcoming by election at tanjung piai johor ever since the untimely passing of its incumbent in september.
The opposition barisan nasional bn coalition won the constituency of tanjung piai johor in a landslide result. The polling stations are expected to close at 5 30pm. Voting has started for the tanjung piai parliamentary by election with the opening of 27 polling centres with 125 channels at 8am today.