KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Dominic Lau and his team, deputy president Oh Tong Keong, and all three incumbent vice-present have successfully retained their post.
Lau defended the Gerakan president’s post, beating off three other challengers in the party elections, they were former vice-president Gan Peng Lam, former secretary-general Liang Teck Meng and federal territories Gerakan chairman Lau Hoi Keong in the race for the top party post.
Lau now in his second term, Lau got 429 votes out of 1,130 votes cast, taking the lead ahead of Lau Hoi Keong (335 votes), Liang Teck Meng (275 votes) and Gan Peng Lam (76 votes).
The three vice-presidents were Baljit Singh, Koo Shiaw Lee and Alexander Lo Su Hyen.
Wong Chia Zhen won Youth chief, and Chung Mon Sie won the Women's wing.
Lau thanked party members for once again entrusting him and his team with three years of support.
"I hope that after the party elections, all of us can be united, and next, we have to face the state elections," he said in a press conference after the results were announced on Saturday (July 15)
He said he hoped that the new leadership could assist Perikatan Nasional in winning the state elections.
Gerakan aimed to secure some seats in the upcoming state election as it had not won any seat since GE14.
"The new leadership will be fully prepared for the 16th national election," he added.
Oh successfully fended off challenges from party secretary-general Mak Kah Keong, deputy speaker V Prabagaran, and Bayan Baru Gerakan chief Kiew Hen Chong.
Lau assumed the role of Gerakan president in November 2018 following the party's failure to win any seats in the general election that year.
He led Gerakan to join Muhyiddin Yassin's Perikatan Nasional coalition in 2021. However, the party was unsuccessful in securing any seats in the 2022 general election or in any previous state elections.
