1995 Gua Musang by-election

1995 Gua Musang by-election
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P032 Gua Musang seat in the Dewan Rakyat
Turnout77.72%
  First party Second party
  BN
Candidate Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Hussein Ahmad
Party Semangat 46 BN
Alliance Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah UMNO
Popular vote 13,144 4,746
Percentage 61.02% 38.98%
MP before election

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (disqualified)
Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (Semangat 46)

Elected MP

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (Semangat 46)

The 1995 Gua Musang by-election was a by-election that was held on 29 August 1995 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Gua Musang. It was called following the void result of 1995 Malaysian general election for the seat by the High Court on 1 August 1995.[1][2][3] The petition was filed by Barisan Nasional candidate, Hussein Ahmad whose candidacy for the election was rejected by the returning officer on the nomination day.[4]

Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, the president of Parti Melayu Semangat 46, won the seat in 1995 Malaysian general election in a straight fight against Nik Ismail Wan Idris of Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia with majority of 8,980.

Tengku Razaleigh defended the seat, defeating Hussein Ahmad of Barisan Nasional with a reduced majority of 4,746 votes.[5] The seat is the largest seat in Kelantan with 28,105 voters with 90 percent Malay voters.[6]

Results

Malaysian general by-election, 29 August 1995: Gua Musang
the 8th General Election in April 1995 declared null and void by the High Court.
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
S46 Tengku Razaleigh Tengku Mohd Hamzah 13,144 61.02 Decrease 12.41
BN Hussein Ahmad 8,398 38.98 Increase 38.98
Total valid votes 21,542 100.00
Total rejected ballots 223
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 21,765 77.72 Increase 0.61
Registered electors 28,004
Majority 4,746 22.04 Decrease 26.62
S46 hold Swing


References

  1. ^ Mahzan, Badrul Hisham (1995-08-01). "Decision on Gua Musang election today". New Straits Times. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  2. ^ Mahzan, Badrul Hisham (1995-08-02). "Gua Musang: New Polls ordered". New Straits Times. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  3. ^ "Mohamed Rahmat : Decision not surprising". New Straits Times. 1995-08-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  4. ^ "Election petition hearing : Razeligh ordered to pay cost". New Straits Times. 1996-07-02. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
  5. ^ "Nik Aziz: Voters want strong opposition party". New Straits Times. 1995-08-31. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  6. ^ "Gua Musang largest seat in Kelantan". New Straits Times. 1995-08-02. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-12-02.