2018 Balakong by-election

2018 Balakong by-election
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N27 Balakong seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
  PH MCA
Candidate Wong Siew Ki Tan Chee Teong
Party DAP MCA
Alliance PH BN
Popular vote 22,508 3,975
Percentage 84.99% 15.01%
N27 Balakong state constituency border and the districts included within the constituency.
Balakong assemblyman before election

Eddie Ng Tien Chee (died)
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

Elected Balakong assemblyman

Wong Siew Ki
Pakatan Harapan (DAP)

  Balakong state constituency boundaries within the Bangi parliamentary constituency

A by-election was held on 8 September 2018 for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Balakong.[1] The seat became vacant after the death of the incumbent assemblyman, Eddie Ng Tien Chee on 20 July 2018 in a traffic accident on the Cheras–Kajang Expressway.[2] Eddie Ng was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the state ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. This was the second casual vacancy in the Assembly since the May 2018 general election after Sungai Kandis, which held a by-election in August 2018. The by-election will be held on the same day as the Seri Setia by-election.[3] In the last 2018 general election, Ng defeated Barisan Nasional (BN)'s Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) candidate, Lim Chin Wah and Mohamad Ibrahim Ghazali of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), with a vote majority of 35,538.[4]

The nomination day was on 18 August 2018.[1] The by-election set for a straight fight between PH's DAP and BN's MCA. While PAS had decided not to contest to make way for the BN candidate, just liked in the case of the Sungai Kandis by-election a month earlier.[5]

Pakatan Harapan retained the seat with a larger share of vote.[6]

  1. ^ a b Alhadjri, Alyaa (30 July 2018). "21-day campaign period for Sept 8 Balakong by-election". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
  2. ^ Bernama (20 July 2018). "DAP Balakong rep dies in accident, second by-election for S'gor". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Seri Setia and Balakong by-elections to run concurrently". Malaysiakini. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Balakong by-election candidate shares secret to maintaining good stamina while campaigning". The Sun Daily. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  5. ^ Wong, Kai Hui (18 August 2018). "Balakong straight fight: DAP adopts Harapan logo, MCA drops BN's for first time". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Official: Harapan retains Balakong with increased vote share". Malaysiakini. 8 September 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.