2019 Semenyih by-election

2019 Semenyih by-election
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N24 Semenyih seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  BN PH PSM
Candidate Zakaria Hanafi Muhammad Aiman Zainali Nik Aziz Afiq Abdul
Party UMNO BERSATU PSM
Alliance BN PH
Popular vote 19,780 17,866 847
Percentage 50.44% 45.56% 2.16%
  Fourth party
  IND
Candidate Kuan Chee Heng
Party Independent
Popular vote 725
Percentage 1.84%
N24 Semenyih state constituency border and the districts included within the constituency.
MLA before election

Bakhtiar Mohd Nor (died)
Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU)

Elected MLA

Zakaria Hanafi
Barisan Nasional (UMNO)

  The N24 Semenyih state constituency boundaries within the P101 Hulu Langat parliamentary constituency in Selangor.

A by-election was held on 2 March 2019 for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Semenyih.[1] The seat became vacant after the death of the incumbent assemblyman, Bakhtiar Mohd Nor, 57, on 11 January 2019 from heart attack.[2] Bakhtiar was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

The nomination day was on 16 February 2019, with a 2-week campaigning period until election day on 2 March 2019 and 26 February 2019 for early voting. The by-election used the third-quarter 2018 electoral roll that was updated until 11 January 2019, which the constituency has 53,411 eligible voters comprising 53,520 ordinary and 109 absentee voters.[1][3]

Zakaria Hanafi from Barisan Nasional (BN) won the by-election. This was the first time a seat was gained by another party after PH won the 2018 general election (GE14).[4]

  1. ^ a b "Semenyih by-election on March 2". Malaysiakini. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Semenyih assemblyman Bakhtiar Mohd Nor passes away". The Star. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  3. ^ "53,411 voters eligible to vote in Semenyih by-election this Saturday". Malay Mail. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Official: Barisan wins in Semenyih with a 1,914 vote majority". The Star Online. 2 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.