1974 Sungei Bahru by-election

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1974 Sungei Bahru by-election
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  1969 18 May 1974 1974  

N11 Sungai Baharu seat in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
 
CandidateJohari YusoffAbdul Ghani bin Long
Party UMNO PEKEMAS
Alliance Alliance PEKEMAS
Popular vote4,5682,319
Percentage77.24%28.00%

MLA before election

Abdullah bin Samad
Alliance (UMNO)

Elected MLA

Johari Yusoff
Alliance (UMNO)

The Sungei Bahru state by-election is a state by-election that was scheduled to be held on 18 May 1974 in the state of Malacca, Malaysia. The Sungei Bahru seat fell vacant following the death of its state assemblyman Tuan Haji Abdullah bin Samad of United Malays National Organisation in Malacca. Abdullah won the seat in 1969 Malaysian state elections against Ali bin Md Salleh of PAS with majority of 2,063. [1]

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Johari Yusoff of Alliance, won the by election, defeating Abdul Ghani bin Long of Malaysian Social Justice Party with a majority of 3,222 votes. The state assembly seat has some 8,434 voters consisting of 500 Malays and 2,000 Chinese. [2]

Nomination

On 1st May 197, Alliance nominated Johari Yusoff, a lecturer with Universiti Malaya until his retirement and former chairmen of UMNO Pengkalan Balak. Malaysian Social Justice Party nominated business man from Ramuan China and former Alliance district councillor, Abdul Ghani bin Long. He also chairmen of PEKEMAS Ramuan China Kecil and a member of party state liasion comitee.

On Nomination Day, the race was confirmed to be a straight fight between Johari Yusoff of Alliance and Abdul Ghani bin Long of PEKEMAS after nominations closed [3]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Johari Yusoff Alliance Party 4,56877.24
Abdul Ghani bin Long Malaysian Social Justice Party 1,34622.76
Total5,914100.00
Valid votes5,91498.22
Invalid/blank votes1071.78
Total votes6,021100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,43471.39
Majority3,222
Alliance hold
Source: Official Year Book [4] [5]

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References

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  2. "Alliance confident of polls victory". New Straits Times . 1974-05-17. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  3. "Straight fight for Melaka State seat". New Straits Times . 1974-05-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  4. Malaysia 1974: Official Year Book (Report). Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia. p. 57. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  5. "BN Man pledges to work for the poor". New Straits Times . 1990-07-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-11-29.