2020 Slim by-election

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2020 Slim by-election
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N58 Slim seat in the Perak State Legislative Assembly
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 BNINDIND
Candidate Mohd Zaidi Aziz Amir Khusyairi Mohd TanusiSantharasekaran Subramaniam
Party UMNO Independent Independent
Alliance BN - MN - PN PEJUANG-PH
Popular vote13,0602,115276
Percentage84.53%13.69%1.78%
MLA before election

Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib (died)
Barisan Nasional (UMNO)

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Elected MLA

Mohd Zaidi Aziz
Barisan Nasional (UMNO)

A by-election was held on 29 August 2020 for the seat of Slim in the Perak State Legislative Assembly. [1] The seat fell vacant following the sudden death of the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib, 59, due to a heart attack on 15 July 2020. He had held the seat for four terms since 2004. [2]

The Election Commission (EC) had set the nomination day on 15 August 2020, early voting on 25 August and polling day for 29 August with a 14-day campaign period. [1] [3] [4]

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  The N58 Slim state constituency boundaries within the P77 Tanjong Malim parliamentary constituency in Perak.

Background

Ethnic breakdown of Slim's electorate as of 2018
Source: Malaysiakini [5]

   Malay (75%)
   Indian (13%)
   Chinese (10%)
  Other (2%)

The small town of Slim River in Perak has a population of 27,139 residents comprising Malays (74 per cent), Indians (12 per cent), Chinese (10 per cent), Orang Asli (1.4 per cent) and others. [6] The corresponding Slim state constituency has 23,094 registered voters comprising 22,815 normal voters, 277 early voters as well as 2 absentee voters overseas. [7] The by-election to be conducted under the special guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs) imposed by EC due to the New Normal as the country is still observing the recovery phase of Movement Control Order (MCO) for COVID-19 pandemic. [8] [9]

The by-election is unlikely to affect the Perak state political scene, as the results of by-election would has no bearing on the position of the state government amidst the looming talks of snap elections following the 2020 political crisis. There are 59 state seats in Perak in which 32 formed the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition comprising 25 BN (UMNO), 4 BERSATU and 3 PAS; compare to 24 seats holds by Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition comprising 16 DAP, 5 AMANAH, 3 PKR; meanwhile 2 Independent and 1 GERAKAN; as just upon the seat vacancy. [10] One of the independent assemblyman, Hasnul Zulkarnain Abdul Munaim, 2 weeks later joined PN's component BERSATU on 29 July 2020. [11]

Nominations

Perak Menteri Besar and BERSATU chief, Ahmad Faizal Azumu has said that Perikatan Nasional (PN) will field a candidate from UMNO to defend the Slim state seat in the by-election. [12] Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Annuar Musa said UMNO will pick the candidate for the Slim by-election, in which BN with Muafakat Nasional (MN)'s UMNO-PAS and BERSATU together will set up a joined committee named Muafakat Nasional 'Plus'. [13] BN has named acting Tanjung Malim UMNO chief Mohd Zaidi Aziz, 43, as its candidate for the Slim state by-election. [14]

Pakatan Harapan (PH) secretariat secretary Saifuddin Nasution Ismail had confirmed that PH will not be contesting the by-election for the Slim state seat. [15] PH is to make way to former BERSATU chairman Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s faction to contest instead. [16] Ahead of the by-election, Dr Mahathir has announces the formation by the initially dubbed "BERSATU Blackout" faction's new party, Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) or the Fighters of the Nation Party. [17] The yet-to-be registered Pejuang party has also names Syariah lawyer, Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi, 38, as their candidate with PH endorsement for the Slim poll, who will be contesting as an Independent. [18]

On nomination day, BN's Mohd Zaidi and Pejuang's Amir Khusyairi (tree symbol) along with another independent, former teacher Santharasekaran a/l Subramaniam (book symbol), 44, filed their nomination papers to set for a three-cornered fight in the by-election. [19] [20] [21] There were also two other individuals who turned up that morning but didn't submit their nomination papers as independent candidates due to personal technical reasons. [22]

Controversies and issues

Members of the BERSATU Youth (ARMADA) were "booed" during the launching ceremony of the BN Youth Campaign Machinery. Supporters of BN started "booing" the ARMADA members after BN Chairman, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi announced that BERSATU will join the Muafakat Nasional pact. [23]

On the morning of poling day, several voters were prevented from entering a polling centre merely for wearing shorts which led to a protest when the affected voters unable to cast their ballots. EC chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh had later explained it was a miscommunication as there is no Act that forbids a voter donning shorts from entering a polling centre. [24]

Result

Perak state by-election, 2020: Slim
Upon the death of the incumbent, Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mohd Zaidi Aziz 13,06084.53+17.61
Independent Amir Khusyairi Mohd Tanusi2,11513.69-19.39
Independent Santharasekaran Subramaniam2761.78N/A
Total valid votes15,451100.00
Total rejected ballots327
Unreturned ballots18
Turnout15,796
Registered electors23,094
Majority10,945
BN hold Swing +18.5
"Pejuang lost, but the heat's on PPBM, says analyst". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

Results based on polling district

BN won all districts.

Polling DistrictPolling District CodePolling StationElectors
（2016）
Ladang Sungkai077/58/01Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Ladang Sungkai
Pekan Lama077/58/02Sekolah Kebangsaan Changkat Sulaiman
Changkat Sulaiman077/58/03Sekolah Kebangsaan Changkat Sulaiman
Trolak Utara077/58/04Sekolah Kebangsaan Trolak Utara
Trolak Selatan077/58/05Sekolah Kebangsaan Trolak Utara
Trolak077/58/06Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Trolak
Pekan Slim077/58/07Sekolah Kebangsaan Slim River
Sungai Slim Utara077/58/08Sekolah Kebangsaan Aminuddin Baki
Kampong Kuala Slim077/58/09Sekolah Kebangsaan Kuala Slim
Ladang Kelapa Bali077/58/10Sekolah Jenis Kebangsaan (Tamil) Ldg Kelapa Bali
FELDA Gunong Besout II077/58/11Sekolah Kebangsaan Besout 3
FELDA Gunong Besout I077/58/12Sekolah Kebangsaan Seri Besout
FELDA Gunong Besout V077/58/13Sekolah Kebangsaan Besout 5
Undi Awal077/58/00
Undi Pos

Previous result

Perak state election, 2018 : Slim
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mohd. Khusairi Abdul Talib 8,32744.83-14.96
Pakatan Harapan (2018) Mohd Amran Ibrahim6,14433.08+33.08
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal4,10322.09-17.04
Total valid votes18,574100.00
Total rejected ballots350
Unreturned ballots0
Turnout18,57480.95
Registered electors23,377
Majority2,183
BN hold Swing
"undi.info-SLIM (P77-N58)". MalaysiaKini. 2020. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

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