KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 – The unofficial results of the Mahkota state seat by-election today show Barisan Nasional (BN) retaining the seat with a landslide victory.
The victory was announced by UMNO Secretary-General Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki at BN’s Command Centre for the Mahkota by-election.
According to the unofficial results displayed, BN candidate Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah secured a resounding lead over Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Mohamad Haizan Jaafar, with a majority of 20,609 votes after the counting of all 121 ballot boxes at 7.50 pm.
Syed Hussien polled 27,941 votes while Mohamad Haizan obtained only 7,332 votes.
The by-election for the seat, located in the Kluang parliamentary constituency, was held following the death of its incumbent, Datuk Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain, 63, on Aug 2.
