2024 Sungai Bakap by-election

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2024 Sungai Bakap by-election
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  2023 6 July 2024Next 

N20 Sungai Bakap seat in the
Penang State Legislative Assembly
Turnout63.45%
 First partySecond party
 PNPH
Candidate Abidin Ismail Joohari Ariffin
Party PAS PKR
Alliance PN PH
Popular vote14,48910,222
Percentage58.63%41.37%

Sungai Bakap assemblyman before election

Nor Zamri Latiff (died)
Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

Elected Sungai Bakap assemblyman

Abidin Ismail
Perikatan Nasional (PAS)

The 2024 Sungai Bakap by-election was a by-election for the Penang State Legislative Assembly seat of Sungai Bakap that was held on 6 July 2024. It was called following the death of incumbent, Nor Zamri Latiff on 24 May 2024 due to gastritis. [1] [2] [3] Nor Zamri has served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Sungai Bakap since 2023. It is the first Penang state by-election since the 2023 Penang state election.

Contents

Abidin Ismail of Perikatan Nasional (PN) defeated Joohari Ariffin of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a significantly increased majority of 4,267 votes compared to the one won by Nor Zamri in the 2023 state election. [4]

Nomination

On 12 June 2024, Pakatan Harapan (PH) and its component party the People's Justice Party (PKR), representing the government, announced its candidate, Joohari Ariffin, who was making his electoral debut in the election. Barisan Nasional (BN), one of the major political coalitions working with PH to form the coalition governments at the federal and Penang state levels, agreed to actively campaign for the PH candidate. [5]

Three days later on 15 June 2024, Perikatan Nasional (PN) and its component party the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), defending the seat in the election, named Nibong Tebal PAS vice chairman Abidin Ismail, who was also contesting in an election for the first time, as its candidate. [6]

Both Joohari and Abidin were officially nominated on Nomination Day on 22 June 2024. The election saw a straight fight between them as no other candidates were nominated.

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

DateEvent
6 June 2024 [7] Issue of the Writ of Election
22 June 2024Nomination Day
22 June – 5 July 2024Campaigning Period
2 July 2024Early polling day for postal and overseas voters
6 July 2024Polling Day

Results

Penang state by-election, 6 July 2024: Sungai Bakap
Upon the death of incumbent, Nor Zamri Latiff
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PN Abidin Ismail 14,48958.63Increase2.svg 5.94
PH Joohari Ariffin10,22241.37Decrease2.svg 5.94
Total valid votes24,711100.00
Total rejected ballots208
Unreturned ballots4
Turnout24,92363.45Decrease2.svg 13.03
Registered electors39,279
Majority4,26717.26Increase2.svg 11.18
PN hold Swing 11.88

Previous results

Penang state election, 2023 : Sungai Bakap
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PN Nor Zamri Latiff 15,43352.69Increase2.svg 52.69
PH Nurhidayah Che Rose13,87047.31Increase2.svg 1.71
Total valid votes29,303100.00
Total rejected ballots201
Unreturned ballots26
Turnout29,53076.88Decrease2.svg 10.22
Registered electors38,409
Majority1,5635.38Decrease2.svg 4.92
PN gain from PH Swing ?
Source(s)
[8]

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