2014 Telok Intan by-election

2014 Telok Intan by-election
← 2013 31 May 2014 2018 →
Constituency of Teluk Intan
Turnout67.39% (Decrease 13.36%)
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Mah Siew Keong Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud
Party BN DAP
Popular vote 20,157 19,919
Percentage 50.30% 49.70%
Swing Increase 8.24% Decrease 7.66%
MP before election

Seah Leong Peng
DAP

Subsequent MP

Mah Siew Keong
BN

A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Teluk Intan on 31 May 2014 following the nomination day on 19 May 2014.[1][2] The seat was vacated after the death of the incumbent MP, Seah Leong Peng from bladder cancer in Kuala Lumpur on 1 May 2014.[3] Seah was a lawmaker from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition.[4] In the 2013 general election, he defeated Barisan Nasional(BN) candidate and Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong and an independent candidate by 7,313 votes.[3][5][6]

The PR candidate in the by-election was DAP's Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, notable for her status as a rare Malay politician in the DAP.[7] On 17 May 2014, BN announced that it would again field Mah Siew Keong.[8] 60,349 voters were eligible to vote in the by-election.[9]

Results

Mah Siew Keong won the election by a slim majority of 238 votes.[10][11]

Malaysian general by-election, 31 May 2014: Telok Intan
Upon the death of incumbent, Seah Leong Peng
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Mah Siew Keong 20,157 50.30 + 8.24
DAP Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud 19,919 49.70 - 7.66
Total valid votes 40,076 100.00
Total rejected ballots 543
Unreturned ballots 49
Turnout 40,668 67.39
Registered electors 60,349
Majority 238 0.60
BN gain from DAP Swing 0.58
Source(s)

"Pilihan Raya Kecil P.076 Telok Intan". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the Dewan Rakyat of P.076 Telok Intan for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 220/2014]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-19.[permanent dead link‍]

"P. U. (B) 275/2014 Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of P.076 Telok Intan" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-14.[permanent dead link‍]

References

  1. ^ "Teluk Intan by-election: Polling May 31, nomination May 19 &#124". FZ. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  2. ^ "May 31 set for Teluk Intan by-election". The Rakyat Post. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  3. ^ a b "DAP lawmaker dies of cancer, says paper". The Malaysian Insider. 1 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Teluk Intan MP's death puts another poll on DAP's plate". The Malay Mail Online. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  5. ^ "P76 Teluk Intan". undi.info. Archived from the original on 2014-05-06. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  6. ^ "DAP's Teluk Intan MP dies of cancer at age 48". Malaysian Chronicle. 1 May 2014.
  7. ^ Eileen Ng (17 May 2014). "DAP names Dyana Sofya as Teluk Intan candidate". The Malaysian Insider. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014.
  8. ^ Audrey Dermawan (17 May 2014). "Teluk Intan: BN names Mah Siew Keong as its candidate". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 18 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  9. ^ "Gerakan's Mah takes on Dyana Sofya in Teluk Intan by-election". The Malaysian Insider. 19 May 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Mah recaptures Teluk Intan by 238 votes". Malaysiakini. 31 May 2014.
  11. ^ "Penyata Pengundian Selepas Pengumuman Rasmi Undi" (PDF) (in Malay). Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya Malaysia. 31 May 2014.[permanent dead link‍]