UPDATE:
Result for Permatang Pasir by election
Pas current majority – 4,557 (65.5%)
Mohd Salleh Man (PAS) : 9,618
Rohaizat Othman (BN) : 5,067
Majority : 4,551
Turnout : 73.1% (14,832)
Spoiled votes: 44
Original Posting:
In the last general election, Mohd Hamdan secured 11,004 votes to defeat Barisan’s Ahmad Sahar Shuib by a 5,433-vote majority (66.39%).
The Permatang Pasir constituency has 20,290 voters, [...]
Observing all the political and legal rigmaroles for a while now, we can safely say that the situation has become absolutely absurd and convoluted.
Perak went from a rich state to a fool’s circus in the past few months. We now have this ridiculous history etched into our minds, something to tell our grandchildren one fine [...]
It is 8 April, the day after a historic 3 simultaneous by-elections in Malaysia – Batang Ai, Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau. This has never happened before but these by-elections were specially timed to be after the Umno Presidential Election that saw Najib take over the helm of Umno and shortly thereafter as the new [...]
Today, Najib brought his 27 Umno, 1 MCA and 3 Independent (2 ex-PKR, 1 ex-DAP) assemblymen to show to the Sultan of Perak that BN has the majority support of the State Parliament. Thereafter, the Ruler gave his consent to the BN to form the new State Government and instructed Nizar to resign as the [...]
A series of unbelievable events have turned the table on an otherwise steady BN, particularly Umno. Starting with the Hindraf movement (outlawed in 2008 ) then followed by Bersih in late 2007, they were generally accepted as a precursor to a tide turning 12th General Election in 8 March 2008. The BN conceded defeat in [...]
As the dust settles, there’s a lot of soul searching and possibly blaming that is going on amongst the BN and Umno leadership. At the same time, PAS and other Pakatan Rakyat parties are on a celebratory mood going into a summit. Not forgetting the bloggers and other non-political personalities.
We shall be reading a lot [...]
Today is KT voting day and many have come out to vote since 8:00 am. By mid-day today, it was reported that 42% has already voted and the EC expects a very high turnout for this affair. After 12 days of campaigning, the voters decide at the ballot boxes. Let’s see what happens through [...]
To many people, the KT by-election may have little impact on the overall political scenario of Malaysia. After all, 1 more seat to Pakatan Rakyat will not topple the BN Government. And if BN wins this seat, it may not do much to prove that the so-called “Change” trend is stopping.
There are those that say [...]
January 17 is the next important date for Malaysians. The Kuala Trengganu (KT) by-election has turned out to be another mother of by-elections so to speak. The Parliamentary seat is now up for grabs and PAS has Abdul Wahid Endut against Umno’s Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh.
However, in light of the bigger picture, it [...]
In an excellent recent article by Mathias Chang entitled “Flip-Flopping Fairy Tales – Malaysia Will Not Have 3.9% Growth In 2009 – Accepting Reality Is Not Pessimism, Giving False Hopes Is Not Optimism” , he challenges the nation’s leadership’s position of ostrich economics.
Surely, his grave warnings may sound like doomsday prophecy and may be brushed [...]
