By Election Tg Piai



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.

By election tg piai. 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. Mr wee in 2008 won the tanjung piai seat by a majority of more than 12 000 votes and in 2013. 5 30pm the polls in the tanjung piai by election has officially closed.

Having the tanjung piai by election as a tipping point away from racial politics would be a great way to honour him. Voting ends counting begins. Many chinese voters in tanjung piai also backed mr wee who was their mp between 2008 and last year.

This concludes malaysiakini s live coverage of the voting process. Otai reformasi is using the tanjung piai by election defeat to force mahathir to resign. Tanjung piai is the second ward lost to bn in a by election in the nine by elections called since the may national polls last year.

Barisan nasional s defeat in the 14th general election or ge14 in may 2018 is mainly because of najib tun razak. Tanjung piai once an mca stronghold is a mixed seat constituency with 57 malay 42 chinese and 1 indian voters. The late md farid won the tanjung piai seat at the last general election 05 may 2018 defeating wee jeck seng of mca with just a majority of 524 votes in a 53 528 strong electorate.

The tanjung piai by election was actually a referendum against mahathir. Bn also beat ph in a state constituency by election in semenyih. Barisan nasional s bn 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.

His sudden demise has brought about a by election for the tanjung piai federal constituency in johor. Had bn and pas worked together they would have most likely overwhelmed ph. As polling day approaches for the tanjung piai by election on saturday nov 16 some residents in the southwest district of johor are still uncertain about how they will vote.

In the last election the ph candidate won with a slim 524 majority in a three cornered fight against bn and pas.