2002 Ketari by-election

2002 Ketari by-election

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N20 Ketari seat in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Turnout	12,251
First party Second party   BN DAP Candidate Yum Ah Ha Choong Siew Onn Party GERAKAN DAP Alliance BN Barisan Alternatif Popular vote 7,153 6,732 Percentage 58.39% 49.47%
MLA before election Loke Koon Kam BN (GERAKAN) Elected MLA Yum Ah Ha BN (GERAKAN)

The 2002 Ketari by-election was a by-election that was held on 1 April 2002 for the Pahang State Legislative Assembly seat of Ketari. It was called following the death of its Barisan Nasional assemblyman Loke Koon Kam on 3 March 2002. ^{[1] [2]} Loke won the seat on 1999 Malaysian state elections against Choong Siew Onn of Democratic Action Party with a majority of 231. ^[3]

Yum Ah Ha of Barisan Nasional retain the seat against DAP Choong Siew Onn with a 10 times increase in majority of 2,204 votes. ^[4]

Nomination

On nomination day, Barisan Nasional nominated chairmen of GERAKAN Ketari division, Yum Ah Ha. ^[5] DAP nominated Choong Siew Onn for the third straight time. ^[6]

Results

Pahang state by-election, 1 April 2002: Ketari
upon the death of incumbent Loke Koon Kam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yum Ah Ha	7,153	58.39
	DAP	Choong Siew Onn	4,949	40.40
Total valid votes			12,102	98.78
Total rejected ballots			149	1.22
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,251	71.48
Registered electors			15,759
Majority			2,204	17.99
	BN hold		Swing

References

1. "'Dont' recruit members from other BN parties'". New Straits Times . 2002-03-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
2. "'Kiler blows' tactics backfire on DAP". New Straits Times . 2002-04-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
3. Laporan pilihanraya umum Malaysia 2002 [Report of the general election Malaysia 2002] (Report) (in Malay). Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia. 2002.
4. "Barisan Nasional retains Ketari with 10-fold increase in majority". New Straits Times . 2002-04-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
5. "Keng Yaik expects tough fight in Ketari by-election". New Straits Times . 2002-03-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
6. "Choong bitter about suffering third staright loss". New Straits Times . 2002-04-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.