2007 People's Justice Party leadership election

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2007 People's Justice Party leadership election
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 200426 May 2007 2010  
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Candidate Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
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President of PKR before election

Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

President of PKR

Wan Azizah Wan Ismail

A leadership election was held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia on 26 May 2007. It was won by incumbent President of PKR, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

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Central Executive Committee election results

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Permanent Chairman

CandidateDelegates' votes
Hishammuddin Ismail won uncontested

Deputy Permanent Chairman

CandidateDelegates' votes
Khazizi Ahmad 642 votes
Munawir Mahmud 342 votes
Invalid votes57 votes

President

CandidateDelegates' votes
Wan Azizah Wan Ismail won uncontested
Anwar Ibrahim withdrawn
Abdul Rahman Othman withdrawn

Deputy President

CandidateDelegates' votes
Syed Husin Ali won uncontested

Vice Presidents

CandidateDelegates' votes
(max. 3)
Mohamed Azmin Ali 724 votes
Lee Boon Chye 630 votes
Mustaffa Kamil Ayub 604 votes
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam 486 votes
Fuziah Salleh 478 votes
Jeffrey Kitingan withdrawn
Invalid votes21 votes

Central Executive Committee Members

CandidateDelegates' votes
(max. 20)
Dominique Ng Kim Ho 822 votes
Badrulamin Bahron 813 votes
Mansor Othman 766 votes
Sivarasa Rasiah 744 votes
N. Gobalakrishnan 676 votes
Zaleha Mustafa 633 votes
Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri 558 votes
Johari Abdul 525 votes
Irene Fernandez 512 votes
Christina Liew 510 votes
Usaili Alias 463 votes
Zainal Abidin Ahmad 453 votes
Latheefa Beebi Koya 436 votes
Saiful Izham Ramli 430 votes
Osman Abd Rahman 428 votes
Badrul Hisham Shaharin 419 votes
Ansari Abdullah 412 votes
Animah Ferrar 410 votes
Khalid Jaafar 394 votes
Zakaria Abdul Hamid 377 votes
Cheah Kah Peng 349 votes
Suzana Manja Ibrahim 325 votes
Zahir Hassan 317 votes
Ahmad Zaki Yamani 316 votes
Dzulkifli Ismail 312 votes
Zainon Jaafar 303 votes
Zulkifli Ibrahim 274 votes
Lee Kim Sin 271 votes
Nik Hasan Nik Ya 269 votes
Tai Seng Ng 261 votes
Kalaivanar Balasundram 256 votes
Edwin Bosi 240 votes
Norizam Yasin 239 votes
Manikavasagam Sundaram 236 votes
Lee Sang 235 votes
Evelyn Gabriel 233 votes
Ayyathurai Achutharaman 228 votes
Nor Azman Mat Amin 225 votes
Chai Tong Chai 195 votes
A. Razak Ahmad 192 votes
Low Chee Cheong 192 votes
Salma Ismail 185 votes
Azmi Khamis 163 votes
Mohd Yatim Ismail 161 votes
Abd Rahim Abd Wahab 160 votes
Razali Alias 155 votes
Daniel John Jambun 155 votes
Nordin Ismail 145 votes
Fariz Musa 132 votes
Ahmad Nizam Hamid 129 votes
Yahya Ismail 127 votes
Lim Ong Hang 117 votes
Abd Wahab Ibrahim 115 votes
Hassan Malempeng 113 votes
Jalumin Samin 103 votes
Idris Bohari 101 votes
Johari Kasim 99 votes
Ismaily Bongsu 96 votes
Jenapala Perumal 94 votes
Francis Sebastian 93 votes
Lim Yoon Pang 93 votes
Safian M. Shah 84 votes
K. S. Kottapan 84 votes
Abd Malik Kassim 76 votes
Mustaffa Kamil Ayub withdrawn
Invalid votes22 votes

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