Padang Serai election

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional on Wednesday wrested the Padang Serai parliamentary seat in Kedah, from ruling alliance ...

The Election Commission postponed the vote to allow for replacement candidates to be named. [Voting for the Tioman state seat and the Padang Serai ward in Kedah](https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/d-day-as-padang-serai-and-tioman-go-to-the-polls-in-malaysia) was held on Wednesday, instead of during the Nov 19 general election due to the deaths of candidates in the two constituencies. In the other vote held on Wednesday, the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition retained the Tioman state seat in Pahang, unofficial results showed, beating a strong challenge from PN.

Mohammad Zulhilmi Ismail, 21, said he was eager to cast his vote for the Padang Serai parliamentary election despite having to move around with a broken left ...

“We are happy to see our sons voting for the first time. “I hope my vote can help him become the next Padang Serai MP,” said Rahmah, who was among the early birds who arrived at the polling centre by 8am. “I will be making my trip back to the university on Sunday as I can participate in my online learning classes on Thursday and Friday,” he said when met at the SK Bukit Selarong polling centre yesterday. A 20-year-old student was willing to travel all the way from his university in Johor to Kedah just so that he could exercise his voting rights at his hometown in Padang Serai. “When the polling date was postponed, we felt a bit disappointed,” said Mohammad Zulhilmi. Mohammad Zulhilmi Ismail, 21, said he was eager to cast his vote for the Padang Serai parliamentary election despite having to move around with a broken left leg from an accident two months ago.

The PN chairman says the people are not confident in the abilities of the coalition government to lead the country.

Disappointed with the lies of PH and BN leaders during the campaign for the 15th general election (GE15), many supports have shifted their support to PN. "For me, the lies of PH and BN at GE15 are 'the biggest electoral fraud ever', and today the voters in Padang Serai and Tioman have given a clear signal that they do not approve of their actions." In a statement after the results of the election for the parliamentary seat yesterday, he said PN's majority in Padang Serai was twice that of PH when it won the constituency at the 2018 general election.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 — After yesterday's victory in Padang Serai, Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has labelled the coalition ...

PH holds 82. PN's newly-elected Padang Serai MP Azman Nasrudin won 51,637 votes compared to his nearest challenger, Mohamad Sofee Razak from PH with 35,377 votes. In a statement, he said that the result of both by-elections in Padang Serai federal seat and Tioman state seat showed voters' rejection towards the electoral pact the two coalitions formed after the 15th general election.

KULIM: Kedah Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Mahfuz Omar has likened Perikatan Nasional's victory in Padang Serai parliamentary election to the Saudi Arabia ...

Karupaiya, 69, was nominated again by PH on Nov 5 to defend the seat. They have rights as enshrined in the Federal Constitution, so the federal government needs to consider this," he added. That is the significance of the results in Padang Serai to the current political situation," he told reporters after PN candidate Datuk Azman Nasrudin was announced as the winner late last night. "But if the majority votes are in the tens of thousands, it showed that the people are disgusted (with PH-BN). The Pas election director added that the victory in Padang Serai signalled that a dominant performance by PN in the upcoming state elections was not beyond reach. Mahfuz, who is also Amanah vice-president claimed that if the people were disgusted with PH, the coalition would have not won the most seats in the 15th General Election (GE15) and subsequently formed the federal government.