2024 Nenggiri by-election

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2024 Nenggiri by-election
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  2023 17 August 2024Next 

N43 Nenggiri seat in the
Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
 First partySecond party
 PNBN
CandidateTBAMohd Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani
Party BERSATU UMNO
Alliance PN BN

Nenggiri assemblyman before election

Mohd Azizi Abu Naim
Independent [lower-alpha 1]

Elected Nenggiri assemblyman

TBD

The 2024 Nenggiri by-election is an upcoming by-election for the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly seat of Nenggiri that will be held on 17 August 2024. It was called following the disqualification of incumbent, Mohd Azizi Abu Naim on 19 June 2024 due to his support for the Anwar Ibrahim government. [1] [2] [3] Mohd Azizi has served as Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly for Nenggiri since 2023, alongside as being the MP for Gua Musang.

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Background

Mohd Azizi Abu Naim was first elected to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly seat of Nenggiri at the 2023 Kelantan state election. Prior to that, he contested and won the federal seat of Gua Musang at the 2022 Malaysian general election, defeating longtime incumbent Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah of Barisan Nasional.

On 7 November 2023, Mohd Azizi declared support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's government. [4] Due to violating the party's constitution, BERSATU revoked the memberships of his and 5 other politicians who also declared support for Anwar. PN now seeks to vacate the seats of the 6 politicians. [5]

The seat of Nenggiri was declared vacant by the Speaker of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly, Mohd Amar Abdullah, on 19 June 2024, the first seat to be declared vacant following the defections. [6]

Nomination

Mohd Azizi announced that he would not contest in the election, paving way for others take over the seat from him. [7]

On 11 July 2024, Barisan Nasional (BN), expected to represent the state opposition and federal government, confirmed that it would nominate a candidate to contest in the election. [8]

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

DateEvent
28 June 2024Issue of the Writ of Election
3 August 2024Nomination Day
3–16 August 2024Campaigning Period
13 August 2024Early polling day for postal and overseas voters
17 August 2024Polling Day

Results

Kelantan state by-election, 17 August 2024: Nenggiri
Upon the disqualification of incumbent, Mohd Azizi Abu Naim
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS TBA???
BN Mohd Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani???
Total valid votes? 100.00
Total rejected ballots?
Unreturned ballots?
Turnout???
Registered electors20,259
Majority???
? hold Swing ?

Previous results

Kelantan state election, 2023 : Nenggiri
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Mohd Azizi Abu Naim 6,51753.31Increase2.svg 8.82
BN Ab Aziz Yusoff5,70746.69Decrease2.svg 1.87
Total valid votes12,224 100.00
Total rejected ballots120
Unreturned ballots7
Turnout12,35161.09Decrease2.svg 17.19
Registered electors20,219
Majority8106.62Increase2.svg 2.55
PAS gain from BN Swing ?

Notes

  1. Mohd Azizi was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) of the Perikatan Nasional coalition prior to his sacking from the party.

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