Semenyih By Election 2019

This is the highest turnout for any by election since the last general election.

Semenyih by election 2019. This has been touted by analysts as a major blow to the 10 month old ph government led by prime minister mahathir mohamad. 8 05pm the final voter turnout for the semenyih by election is estimated to be 73 3 percent. By editor on mar 3 2019 cna the semenyih by election defeat reflected the feelings of the people especially the sentiments shown by the malay community said parti keadilan rakyat pkr president anwar ibrahim on saturday mar 2. The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the selangor state legislative assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Semenyih is a state constituency in selangor malaysia that has been represented in the selangor state legislative assembly since 1959. Mar 3 2019 8 04 am semenyih malaysia s opposition coalition barisan nasional bn has narrowly won the semenyih by election wresting the selangor state ward from the pakatan harapan ph. It is also the fourth by election for the selangor state assembly following sungai kandis aug 4 balakong and seri setia jointly held on sept 8. 03 mar 2019 08 43am share this content.

The selangor state by election of semenyih held on 2 march 2019 saw the ruling pakatan harapan ph losing by a margin of 1 914 votes to the opposition barisan nasional bn. The nomination day was on 16 february 2019 with a 2 week campaigning period until election day on 2 march 2019. Did you find this article insightful. Bakhtiar was a member of the malaysian united indigenous party or parti pribumi bersatu malaysia a component of pakatan harapan coalition.

Bn candidate zakaria hanafi won with a. Barisan nasional bn has won the semenyih by election its second victory against the ruling pakatan harapan coalition since losing power last year. Malaysia correspondent kuala lumpur increasing unhappiness among malay voters over the ruling pakatan harapan s performance could play a crucial role in an upcoming by election in the. A by election was held on 2 march 2019 for the selangor state legislative assembly seat of semenyih.