2014 Kajang by-election

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2014 Kajang by-election
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  2013 23 March 2014 2018  

Kajang seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
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Candidate Wan Azizah Wan Ismail Chew Mei Fun
Party PKR BN (MCA)
Alliance PR
Popular vote16,74111,362
Percentage59.57%40.43%

Kajang assemblyman before election

Lee Chin Cheh
PKR

Elected Kajang assemblyman

Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
PKR

A by-election was held for the Selangor State Assembly seat of Kajang on 23 March 2014 following the nomination day on 11 March 2014. [1] [2] The seat was vacated after the incumbent assemblyman, Lee Chin Cheh resigned on 27 January 2014. [3] Lee was an assemblyman from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat, a component party of Pakatan Rakyat. He won by a majority of 6,824 votes against 5 other candidates in the general elections in 2013. [4]

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Federal parliamentary opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim had confirmed to stand as the Pakatan Rakyat candidate in the by-election. [5] However, due to the unusually swift conviction by the Court of Appeal in his sodomy case, his wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail replaced him as the PR candidate. [6] [7] Barisan Nasional, which forms the opposition in the Selangor Assembly, named MCA vice president and former Petaling Jaya Utara MP Chew Mei Fun as their candidate. [8]

The by-election was won by Dr Wan Azizah with a majority of 5,379 votes. [9] The turnout in this by-election decreased by 16% from the general election in 2013. [10] [11]

Results

Selangor state by-election, 23 March 2014: Kajang
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Lee Chin Cheh
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
PKR Wan Azizah Wan Ismail 16,74159.57+ 1.58
BN Chew Mei Fun 11,36240.43+ 2.66
Total valid votes28,103 100.00
Total rejected ballots176
Unreturned ballots38
Turnout28,31772.09
Registered electors39,278
Majority5,379
PKR hold Swing
Source(s)

"Pilihan Raya Kecil N.25 Kajang". Election Commission of Malaysia . Retrieved 2018-09-19.

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.25 Kajang for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 86/2014]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of N.25 Kajang [P.U. (B) 113/2014]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-19.

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