PETALING JAYA: Economy Minister Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari secured victories at the Selangor PKR division elections on Saturday (April 12).
Rafizi won the Pandan division chief position with 883 votes, defeating Shahrom Musa, who received 444 votes.
Amirudin won the Gombak division chief post uncontested.
Rapper Altimet, whose real name is Syed Ahmad Syed Abdul Rahman Alhadad, won the Ampang division chief post, defeating two challengers.
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives R. Ramanan won the Sungai Buloh division chief post uncontested, while former Bukit Lanjan assemblyperson Elizabeth Wong also won the Damansara division chief post uncontested.
PKR communications director and Petaling Jaya MP Lee Chean Chung lost the Petaling Jaya division chief post to former Kajang assemblyman Hee Loy Sian.
Hee, a former Selangor state exco, won with a slim majority of 216 votes.
Kota Anggerik assemblyman Najwan Halimi won the Shah Alam division chief post, defeating Ampang MP Rodziah Ismail and Noryzal Zainal Abidin.
In Melaka, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s senior political secretary Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin won the Hang Tuah Jaya division chief post.
Meanwhile, Deputy Youth and Sports Minister and incumbent Hang Tuah Jaya MP Adam Adli failed to secure the deputy chief post for Hang Tuah Jaya, receiving only 791 votes against Zamzizul Nordin, who got 1,905 votes.
In Perlis, former Kangar MP Noor Amin Ahmad won the Kangar division chief post, defeating Gan Ay Ling, who received 1,059 votes.
Voting for divisions in Selangor, Melaka, and Perlis was held on Saturday (April 12).
The results were announced on Sunday (April 13).
