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The 2024 Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election was a by-election for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Kuala Kubu Baharu that was held on 11 May 2024. It was called following the death of incumbent, Lee Kee Hiong on 21 March 2024 of cancer. [1] [2] [3] Lee had served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Kuala Kubu Baharu, serving since 2013 for three terms. It was the first Selangor state by-election since the 2023 Selangor state election. The last time Selangor had a by-election was during the 2019 Semenyih by-election.
Pang Sock Tao of Pakatan Harapan (PH) won the by-election after defeating Khairul Azhari Saut of Perikatan Nasional (PN), independent candidate Eris Nyau Ke Xin and Hafizah Zainuddin of Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) by a majority of 3,869 votes. [4]
On 7 April 2024, State Secretary of PH of Selangor Mohd Khairuddin Othman announced the appointment of Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO), MLA for Kinrara and State Secretary of DAP of Selangor Ng Sze Han as Election Director of the by-election. Mohd Khairuddin also said that he himself, alongside Member of Parliament (MP) for Puchong Yeo Bee Yin and MP for Shah Alam Azli Yusof would assist Ng in his role. Mohd Khairuddin also added that Selangor PH would draw up, prepare and coordinate the work and tasks of the campaign with the central committee of PH and parties of the Selangor coalition state government. [5]
On 10 April 2024, Deputy Chairman of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Deputy President of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) Ahmad Faizal Azumu revealed that PN had identified the candidate representing the coalition and would soon officially announce the name. He then acknowledged that the coalition was contesting and fighting in the by-election as an underdog but declared confidence in garnering support of the Malays while also significantly attracting the votes of the Indian and Orang Asli voters in the Malay-majority Kuala Kubu Baharu. He also dismissed concerns about which PN component party would the candidate be of, be it BERSATU, Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) or Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN), stressing that the candidate would be the one who represents the PN coalition instead of any of the parties. [6]
The key dates are listed below.
Date | Event |
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4 April 2024 [7] | Issue of the Writ of Election |
27 April 2024 | Nomination Day |
28 April – 10 May 2024 | Campaigning Period |
7 – 10 May 2024 | Early polling day for postal and overseas voters |
11 May 2024 | Polling Day |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PH | Pang Sock Tao | 14,000 | 57.21 | ![]() | ||
PN | Khairul Azhari Saut | 10,131 | 41.40 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Eris Nyau Ke Xin | 188 | 0.77 | ![]() | ||
Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Hafizah Zainuddin | 152 | 0.62 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 24,471 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 263 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 11 | |||||
Turnout | 24,745 | 61.51 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 40,226 | |||||
Majority | 3,869 | 15.80 | ![]() | |||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PH | Lee Kee Hiong | 14,862 | 54.40 | ![]() | ||
PN | Teoh Kien Hong | 10,743 | 39.33 | ![]() | ||
MUDA | Sivaprakash Ramasamy | 1,186 | 4.34 | ![]() | ||
Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Ch'ng Boon Lai | 527 | 1.90 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 27,318 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 364 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 27 | |||||
Turnout | 27,709 | 69.25 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 40,015 | |||||
Majority | 4,119 | 15.07 | ![]() | |||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
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