Seri Setia By Election
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.
Seri setia by election. But most importantly i want to serve all malaysians not just seri setia residents. This was the third by election for the selangor state. Nominations and early voting for both selangor. Shaharuddin was a member of the parti keadilan rakyat or people s justice party a component party of the state ruling pakatan harapan coalition.
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. 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. 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. A by election was held on 8 september 2018 for the selangor state legislative assembly seat of seri setia.
Polling is on saturday. The vote share in the two by elections in seri setia and balakong revealed mixed results so neither side can be too pleased. The balakong by election is being called following the death of incumbent eddie ng tien chee in an accident on july 20 while the seri setia s following the death of incumbent prof dr shaharuddin badaruddin of cancer on aug 2. Seri setia is a state constituency in selangor malaysia that has been represented in the selangor state legislative assembly since 2004.
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. This will ensure that the pakatan government is more caring sensitive and serious to the people she said. The seri setia constituency n 32 has 53 492 eligible voters as of aug 2. Pakatan harapan candidate for the seri setia by election halimey abu bakar is willing to declare his assets in the near future but not before the polling day.
Balakong and seri setia each has 62 219 and 52 650 registered voters respectively. From that total there are 2 770 early voters army and police personnel and 30 overseas voters. The seri setia by election will run concurrently with the balakong polls on sept 8. The former selangor state executive councillor added this would not be a normal by election but a barometer of the people s sentiments on pakatan s first 100 days in power.