2018 Seri Setia by-election

2018 Seri Setia by-election
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N32 Seri Setia seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
  PH PAS
Candidate Halimey Abu Bakar Halimah Ali
Party PKR PAS
Alliance PH GS
Popular vote 13,725 9,698
Percentage 58.60% 41.40%
Seri Setia assemblyman before election

Shaharuddin Badaruddin (died)
Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

Elected Seri Setia assemblyman

Halimey Abu Bakar
Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

  Seri Setia state constituency boundaries within the Petaling Jaya parliamentary constituency

A by-election was held on 8 September 2018 for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Seri Setia.[1] The seat became vacant after the sudden death of the incumbent assemblyman and Selangor state executive councillor, Shaharuddin Badaruddin on 2 August 2018 from colon cancer.[2] Shaharuddin was a member of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat or People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the state ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. This was the third by-election for the Selangor State Assembly since the 2018 general election, after the Sungai Kandis and Balakong by-elections. Shaharuddin won the seat with a majority of 19,372 votes, defeating BN's Yusoff M Haniff, PAS's Mohd Ghazali Daud and independent S Vigneswaran.[3] This by-election was held on the same day as the Balakong by-election.[1] The nomination day was on 18 August 2018, with a 21-day campaigning period until election day.[1]

The by-election saw a straight fight between Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Halimey Abu Bakar from the PKR and Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) candidate Halimah Ali. In opposite to the Sungai Kandis and Balakong by-elections, the Barisan Nasional (BN) decided not to contest in Seri Setia. This was widely regarded as a sign of cooperation between PAS and BN, designed to ensure there is only a single opposition candidate for each by-election.[4]

N32 Seri Setia state constituency border and the districts included within the constituency.

  1. ^ a b c "Seri Setia and Balakong by-elections to run concurrently". Malaysiakini. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Seri Setia rep Shaharuddin dies". Malaysiakini. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Dr Shaharuddin Badaruddin to be buried on Friday". New Straits Times. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
  4. ^ Muhammad, Anne (18 August 2018). "Harapan-PKR faces PAS in Seri Setia straight fight". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 18 August 2018.