Official: Barisan wins in Semenyih with a 1,914 vote majority


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  • Saturday, 02 Mar 2019

BN candidate Zakaria Hanafi with his wife Katija Beebi Bayikhan show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting their votes at JKK Kg Sesapan Kelubi polling centre. AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

SEMENYIH: It's official! With all ballot boxes counted, Barisan's Zakaria Hanafi, 58, is the winner in the Semenyih by-election with 19,780 votes.

Zakaria has a majority of 1,914 votes ahead of Pakatan Harapan's Muhammad Aiman, 30, who picked up 17,866 votes so far.

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