PETALING JAYA: A deputy minister and two MPs failed in their bid to win PKR branch chief positions in Johor during the party polls.
Deputy Energy Transition and Water Transformation Minister Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir failed to retain his position as the Johor Baru PKR branch chief in the recent party elections.
Akmal, who is also Johor Baru MP, garnered only 587 votes, losing to his challenger, Mohamad Taufiq Ismail, who secured 709 votes.
According to information displayed on the official website for the PKR 2025 Election results, a total of 1,296 ballots were issued, while 1,789 members were eligible to vote for the branch.
Meanwhile, former education minister Dr Maszlee Malik saw off two contenders to retain his position as Simpang Renggam PKR branch chief for the 2025-2028 term.
Maszlee, who is also a former Simpang Renggam MP, received 125 votes, surpassing his two challengers, Wong Yung Chin, who gained 109 votes, and Yusof Rahman, with 82 votes.
According to the PKR 2025 election website, a total of 318 ballots were issued out of 406 eligible members.
On March 11, Maszlee, who is also a member of PKR's central leadership council, confirmed he would be contesting for the same position in the PKR party election scheduled for May.
In the Tebrau PKR branch elections, Tebrau MP Jimmy Puah Wee Tse and Segamat MP R. Yuneswaran were defeated by their challenger, M. Prakash.
Prakash, an ordinary party member, secured 690 votes, defeating Yuneswaran, who obtained 589 votes, and Jimmy Puah, who received 560 votes.
Out of the total 2,276 eligible branch members, 1,840 ballots were issued.
The official results were announced on the PKR 2025 election website and confirmed via the results forms signed by the OKR election committee chairman Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa.
Earlier, PKR secretary-general Fuziah Salleh had said that a PKR central leadership council meeting will be held this Wednesday (April 23) to discuss issues related to the ongoing party polls.
Several prominent figures, including ministers and MPs, lost in their respective divisions.
Among those who failed to retain or win posts were Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, who lost the Setiawangsa division chief post; Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Adam Adli Abdul Halim, who lost the contest for the Hang Tuah Jaya division deputy chief; and Deputy Unity Minister K. Saraswathy, who lost the Bukit Bintang division chief contest.
Also defeated were Batu MP P. Prabakaran, Wangsa Maju MP Zahir Hassan, Ampang MP Rodziah Ismail and Sungai Siput MP S. Kesavan in their respective divisions.
