EC: Anwar wins PD polls with 23,560-vote majority

PORT DICKSON: Pakatan Harapan's Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has won the Port Dickson by-election here with a 23,560 majority despite a low voter turnout.

Returning officer Khairy Maamor announced that the PKR president-elect secured 31,016 votes against his other contenders.

Anwar was in a seven-cornered fight with PAS' Lt-Kol (Rtd) Mohd Nazari Mokhtar, Anwar's former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan and independent candidates Tan Sri Isa Samad, Kan Chee Yuen, Stevie Chan and Lau Seck Yan.

Mohd Nazari received 7,456 votes while Isa secured 4,230 votes. Mohd Saiful got 82 votes while Chan got 337, Kan got 154 and Lau got 214.

The Port Dickson by-election was triggered by the exit of its incumbent MP Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah to make way for Anwar's return into Parliament

It was part of a power transition arrangement from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to Anwar as agreed by Pakatan in January this year.

Danyal won the seat in a three-cornered fight in the 14th General Election with a whopping 17,710-vote majority.

However, the voter turnout then was 82.8%.