2018 Seri Setia by-election

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2018 Seri Setia by-election
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  2018 8 September 2018 2023  

N32 Seri Setia seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
 PHPAS
CandidateHalimey Abu BakarHalimah Ali
Party PKR PAS
Alliance PH GS
Popular vote13,7259,698
Percentage58.60%41.40%

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Seri Setia assemblyman before election

Shaharuddin Badaruddin (died)
Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

Contents

Elected Seri Setia assemblyman

Halimey Abu Bakar
Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

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Seri Setia state constituency boundaries within the Petaling Jaya parliamentary constituency Seri Setia DUN, Petaling Jaya.svg
  Seri Setia state constituency boundaries within the Petaling Jaya parliamentary constituency

A by-election was held on 8 September 2018 for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Seri Setia. [1] The seat became vacant after the sudden death of the incumbent assemblyman and Selangor state executive councillor, Shaharuddin Badaruddin on 2 August 2018 from colon cancer. [2] Shaharuddin was a member of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the state ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. This was the third by-election for the Selangor State Assembly since the 2018 general election, after the Sungai Kandis and Balakong by-elections. Shaharuddin won the seat with a majority of 19,372 votes, defeating BN's Yusoff M Haniff, PAS's Mohd Ghazali Daud and independent S Vigneswaran. [3] This by-election was held on the same day as the Balakong by-election. [1] The nomination day was on 18 August 2018, with a 21-day campaigning period until election day. [1]

The by-election saw a straight fight between Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Halimey Abu Bakar from the PKR and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) candidate Halimah Ali. In opposite to the Sungai Kandis and Balakong by-elections, the Barisan Nasional (BN) decided not to contest in Seri Setia. This was widely regarded as a sign of cooperation between PAS and BN, designed to ensure there is only a single opposition candidate for each by-election. [4]

N32 Seri Setia state constituency border and the districts included within the constituency.

Campaign

The by-election campaign largely focused on bread and butter issues, such as local development and the introduction of a new sales tax replacing the GST. [5] [6]

A case of negative campaigning marred the final days of campaign. The PAS candidate Halimah claimed that Seri Setia was too "intelligent" to vote for "local boy with an outdated mentality", insinuating about her opponent's poor origins. These remarks were criticised by the PH camp. [7]

Result

PKR's Halimey Abu Bakar, got 13,725 votes, defeating PAS’ Dr Halimah Ali who got 9,698, getting a majority of 4,027 votes thus retaining the seat for PKR and Pakatan Harapan. [8] PAS significantly increased its share of vote, which was credited to the fact BN not contesting the seat. [9]

Selangor state by-election, 8 September 2018: Seri Setia
Upon the death of incumbent, Shaharuddin Badaruddin
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Halimey Abu Bakar13,72558.60- 8.02
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Halimah Ali9,69841.40+ 31.01
Total valid votes23,423 100.00
Total rejected ballots1640.69- 0.23
Unreturned ballots28
Turnout23,61544.15- 40.29
Registered electors53,492
Majority4,02717.20- 26.92
PH hold Swing - 19.52
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.32 Seri Setia for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 499/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-19.[ permanent dead link ]

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of N.32 Seri Setia [P.U. (B) 523/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-19.[ permanent dead link ]

Results according to polling districts

Voting District CodeVoting DistrictParty
105/32/01GlenmariePH
105/32/02SS6PAS
105/32/03SS5DPH
105/32/04SS5APH
105/32/05Seri SetiaPH
105/32/06PJS5 Kampung PenagaPH
105/32/07PJS6/4-6/6PH
105/32/08PJS10/1-PJS10/6PH
105/32/09Rumah Pangsa Sungai WayPH
105/32/10PJS5/1-PJS5/12PH
105/32/11PJS6/1-6/3PH
105/32/12PJS8PH
105/32/13PJS10/17-PJS10/34PH
105/32/14SS7PH
105/32/15Kampung LindunganPH
105/32/16PJS5/13-PJS5/30PAS
105/32/17Taman TTDI JayaPH
105/32/18Ara DamansaraPH
105/32/19Taman GlenmariePH
Voting District CodeVoting DistrictParty
Post VotePAS
105/32/00Early VotePAS

Previous result

2018 Selangor state election: Seri Setia
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PH (PKR) Shaharuddin Badaruddin 29,25066.62Increase2.svg9.49
BN Yusoff M Haniff9,87822.50Decrease2.svg20.37
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Mohd Ghazali Daud4,56310.39N/A
Independent Vigweswaran T Subramaniam2170.49N/A
Rejected ballots4110.92Decrease2.svg0.66
Majority19,37244.12Increase2.svg29.86
Turnout 44,45784.44Increase2.svg0.21
Registered electors 52,650
PKR hold Swing Increase2.svg14.93

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