BN wins Tanjung Piai poll with biggest majority there since 2004 | Malay Mail

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Barisan Nasional’s Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng together with BN leaders are pictured after he was announced as winner of the Tanjung Piai parliamentary by-election, at Dewan Jubli Intan Pontian, November 16, 2019 — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon PONTIAN, Nov 16 — Barisan Nasional has trounced Pakatan Harapan in the Tanjung Piai by-election today with a whopping majority of 15,086 votes, the Election Commission announced tonight.

According to returning officer ZUlkifly Mohd Tahir, BN’s candidate Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng from MCA received 25,466 votes over PH’s Karmaine Sardini from Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, who received 10,380 votes.Wee, who had served as Tanjung Piai MP prior to his slim defeat to Bersatu’s late Datuk Dr Farid Md Rafik in the 14th general election, received his biggest majority since he took over from Tan Sri Ong Ka Ting who won with a 23,615-vote majority in 2004.

The two independent candidates Ang Chuan Lock and Faridah Aryani Abdul Ghaffar received 380 and 32 votes, respectively.

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