77 candidates in Penang lose their deposit


(From left) MUP’s Tan Gin Theam, Penang Front Party’s Nicholas and PSM’s candidate in Sungai Pinang Teh are among the candidates in the 14th general election who lost their deposits after failing to obtain one-eighth of the total votes cast in the constituency.

SENIOR software engineer Nicholas Diane Morgan who obtained a mere 18 votes is among the 77 candidates in Penang who lost their election deposits.

They are among the 189 candidates who contested in the 40 state and 13 parliamentary seats with some of them contesting in both state and parliamentary seats.

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