2019 Tanjung Piai by-election

2019 Tanjung Piai by-election
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P165 Tanjung Piai seat in the Dewan Rakyat
  First party Second party Third party
  BN PH GERAKAN
Candidate Wee Jeck Seng Karmaine Sardini Wendy Subramaniam
Party MCA BERSATU GERAKAN
Alliance BN PH
Popular vote 25,466 10,380 1,707
Percentage 65.60% 26.74% 4.40%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
  BERJASA IND IND
Candidate Badhrulhisham Abd Aziz Ang Chuan Lock Faridah Aryani Abd Ghaffar
Party BERJASA Independent Independent
Alliance GS
Popular vote 850 380 32
Percentage 2.19% 0.98% 0.08%
P165 Tanjung Piai federal constituency border and its corresponding state assembly seats.
MP before election

Md Farid Md Rafik (died)
Pakatan Harapan (BERSATU)

Elected MP

Wee Jeck Seng
Barisan Nasional (MCA)

The 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election was a by-election held on 16 November 2019 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Tanjung Piai. It was called following the death of incumbent, Md Farid Md Rafik on 21 September 2019.[1][2]

The late Md Farid, a member from the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) of Pakatan Harapan (PH) was first elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjung Piai in Johor defeating the then incumbent Wee Jeck Seng from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and Nordin Othman from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA), which contested under the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) banner through the Gagasan Sejahtera with a slim majority of 524 votes in 2018 general election (GE14).[3] He was then appointed as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for National Unity and Social Well-being.[4]

The Election Commission (EC) had set the polling day for 16 November 2019, early voting on 12 November and nomination day on 2 November with a 14-day campaign period.[5]

The electoral roll in the parliamentary constituency to be used would be the one up to the second quarter of 2019 which was last updated on 23 September 2019 with a total of 52,986 voters made up of 52,698 ordinary voters, 280 early voters while 8 absentee voters (who are abroad).[6] Tanjung Piai is a racially-mixed seat with 57% Malays, 42% Chinese and 1% Indian.[7]

The by-election, the ninth since GE14 will be the first for election in Malaysia in which 18-year-olds and above can contest in an election as a result of the new constitutional amendment. However, voters who haven't achieved 21-years-old aren't eligible to vote in this by-election.[8]

BN's Wee Jeck Seng had won the by-election by a landslide majority of 15,086 votes to return to be the MP for Tanjung Piai again but as an Opposition. BN had claimed 25,466 votes to wrest back the seat they lost in last GE14 from PH which only claimed 10,380 votes.[9]

  1. ^ "Deputy Minister in PM's Dept Md Farid dies aged 42". New Straits Times. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Tanjung Piai MP and deputy minister, Dr Md Farid dies". Malay Mail. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. ^ Mohd Farhaan Shah (28 September 2019). "Johor BN to submit only one name". The Star Online. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Tanjung Piai MP Md Farid Md Rafik dies". The Star Online. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis (1 October 2019). "Tanjung Piai by-election set for Nov 16, nomination on Nov 2". The Star Online. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Tanjung Piai by-election on Nov 16". Bernama. The Borneo Post. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  7. ^ "All eyes on Tanjung Piai by-election in Johor as polling date set for Nov 16". Channel News Asia. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  8. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis, Clarissa Chung (2 October 2019). "18-year-olds can't vote in by-election". The Star Online. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Barisan Nasional wins Tg Piai by-election with 15,086 vote majority". The Star Online. 16 November 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.