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The 2009 Batang Air by-election is a by-election for the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly state seat of Batang Ai , [a] Malaysia that were held on 9 April 2009. [1] It was called following the death of the incumbent, Dublin Unting Ingkot on 24 February 2009.
The by election was held on the same day as the 2009 Bukit Selambau by-election and 2009 Bukit Gantang by-election.
Dublin Unting Ingkot, a candidate of Barisan Nasional (BN), were first elected unopposed to the Sarawak state seat of Batang Air at the 2001 Sarawak state election, and defended his seat in 2006 Sarawak state election defeating candidate from Sarawak National Party (SNAP). A vice-president of BN's component party Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS), Dublin were appointed the deputy state minister of sports and agriculture after his win in 2006.
On 24 February 2009, Dublin died at Normah Hospital, Kuching after 8 months in a comatose state, when he suffered a stroke attack while being interviewed by Radio Televisyen Malaysia as Sarawak Chef-de-Mission in Sukan Malaysia. [2] His death means that his Batang Air state seat were vacated. This necessitates for a by-election to be held, as the seat were vacated more that 2 years before the expiry of the Sarawak state assembly current term. Election Commission of Malaysia (SPR) announced on 4 March 2009 that the by-election will be held on 7 April 2009, with 29 March 2009 set as the nomination day. This means that this by election will have the same election dan nomination date as Bukit Selambau state seat in Kedah and Bukit Gantang federal seat in Perak, which were announced earlier by SPR on 13 February 2009 [3]
After nomination closed, it was confirmed there will be a straight fight between BN and PKR for the Batang Air seat. [4] BN nominated Malcom Mussen Lamoh, a member of PRS. [5] PKR meanwhile nominated Jawah Gerang, member of parliament for Lubok Antu from 1990 to 2008, while he were still in BN as Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) member until PBDS dissolution in 2004. [6] After he were not selected to defend the Lubok Antu seat in 2008, he exits BN.
The key dates are listed below.
| Date | Event |
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| Issue of the Writ of Election | |
| 29 March 2009 | Nomination Day |
| 29 March - 6 April 2009 | Campaigning Period |
| Early polling day for postal and overseas voters | |
| 7 April 2009 | Polling Day |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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| BN | Malcom Mussen Lamoh | 3,907 | 65.55 |  8.58 | ||
| PKR | Jawah Gerang | 2,053 | 34.45 | 34.45 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,960 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 59 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 11 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,030 | 75.32 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,006 | |||||
| Majority | 1,854 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Dublin Unting Ingkot | 3,295 | 56.97 | 56.97 | |
| SNAP | Nicholas Bawin Anggat | 2,489 | 43.03 | 43.03 | |
| Total valid votes | 5,784 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 70 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 10 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,864 | 73.32 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,997 | ||||
| Majority | 806 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ? | |||
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