Nazif Najib concedes defeat in contest for Umno Youth deputy chief

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Nazif Najib has conceded defeat after failing to win Umno Youth deputy chief post.

Nazif said he accepted the results and would continue to fight for the party, urging other members to do the same.

"I call on everyone to keep supporting those who had won (the party polls) to lead change that could improve Umno," he said in a Facebook post on Sunday (March 12).

Nazif, who is the son of former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak only managed to secure 11 votes and lost to Larkin assemblyman Hairi Md Shah with 74 votes, followed by Ikmal Hazlan Ikmal Hisham with 69 voites, according to unofficial results shared by Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan on Twitter.

Meanwhile, his sister Nooryana has been elected as a Umno Puteri exco member and won uncontested for the Lembah Pantai Puteri division chief post.

Official results will only be announced by election committee chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad once all votes are tallied and tabulated.

The Umno polls are being held from Feb 1 to March 18 with the branch-level elections held from Feb 1 to 26, followed by the elections for the Wanita, Youth and Puteri wings at national level on March 11.

The Umno divisional delegates' meetings and committee elections, as well as contests for seats in the Umno supreme council, will be held simultaneously nationwide on March 18.