TANJUNG MALIM: In a surprise victory, PKR managed to wrest the Tanjung Malim constituency, which has traditionally been a Barisan Nasional stronghold.
The Election Commission announced that PKR parliamentary candidate Chang Lih Kang garnered 24,672 votes, knocking out Barisan candidate Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon by a majority of 5,358 votes.
PAS candidate Mohd Tarmizi Abd Rahman was a distant third with 10,311 votes.
The votes were counted based on an 81.2% turnout out of 68,468 registered voters, with 1,051 spoilt votes.
The Sungkai state seat, which DAP rep A. Sivanesan has held for two terms, was comfortably retained by Pakatan Harapan.
The Behrang state seat, which was previously held by Barisan assemblyman Datuk Rusnah Kassim of Umno, fell to Parti Amanah Negara’s Aminuddin Zulkipli by a majority of 409 votes.
Umno’s Datuk Khusairi Abd Talib successfully defended his Slim state seat.
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