2009 Bukit Selambau by-election

Election in Malaysia December 2022 2009 Bukit Selambau by-election Kedah by-election no 2008 Kedah state election 2008 2013 Kedah state election 2013 Bukit Selambau seat in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly 7 April 2009 PKR S. Manikumar PKR Pakatan Rakyat 12,632 52.23% BN S. Ganesan BN (MIC) 10,229 42.31% Bukit Selambau assemblyman Elected Bukit Selambau assemblyman Arumugam Vengatarakoo PKR S. Manikumar PKR A by-election was held for the Kedah State Legislative Assembly seat of Bukit Selambau on 7 April 2009 following the nomination day on 30 March 2009.https://www.spr.gov.my/ms/pilihan-raya-kecil-n25-bukit-selambau Pilihan raya kecil 9 December 2022 6 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211206213149/https://www.spr.gov.my/ms/pilihan-raya-kecil-n25-bukit-selambau dead The by-election was held on the same day as the Batang Ai state seat by-election and the Bukit Gantang federal seat by-election. Background The seat was vacated after the incumbent assemblyman and State EXCO, Arumugam Vengatarakoo resigned of both his positions on 9 February 2009.https://thenutgraph.com/v-arumugam-resigns-as-bkt-selambau-adun/ Arumugam quits; by-election in Bkt Selambau, Kedah February 9, 2009 Arumugam was an assemblyman from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), a component party of Pakatan Rakyat. He won the seat, then as an independent, by a majority of 2,362 votes against Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, S. Krishnan in the 2008 Kedah state election. He later joined PKR after his victory, and were the party's state deputy chairman and Merbok PKR deputy chief at the time of his resignation as an MLA.https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/04/08/former-bkt-selambau-assemblyman-arumugam-returns Former Bkt Selambau assemblyman Arumugam returns EMBUN MAJID The Star Arumugam has alleged that his resignation were the result of harassment towards him and his family to leave PKR by BN, an allegation that were refuted by BN.https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2009/02/10/pkrs-arumugam-quits-as-assemblyman-and-exco-member PKR's Arumugam quits as assemblyman and exco member The Starhttps://www.malaysia-today.net/2009/02/11/bn-suspicious-over-way-bukit-selambau-rep-resigned/ BN suspicious over way Bukit Selambau rep resigned February 11, 2009 Election Commission of Malaysia announced on 13 February 2009 that the by-election for both this seat and Bukit Gantang federal seat in Perak will be held on 7 April 2009, with 29 March 2009 set as the nomination day.Simultaneous by-elections on April 7 https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/98205 Malaysiakini 6 March 2025 13 February 2009 subscription Candidates S. Manikumar of PKR has been nominated as Pakatan Rakyat candidate in the by-election. BN, which forms the opposition in the Kedah Assembly, named S. Ganesan from MIC as their candidate. 13 other independent candidates were registered on nomination day, making this election one on the most number of candidates contesting ever recorded in Malaysia election history (15).http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/record-15-candidates-bukit-selambau Record 15 candidates in Bukit Selambau March 29, 2009 The Edge Markets Results The by-election was won by Manikumar from PKR with a majority of 2,403 votes. Election result 2009 Kedah 7 April 2009 yes Bukit Selambau (state constituency) Bukit Selambau yes yes Upon the resignation of incumbent, V. Arumugamhttps://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Borang16N25.pdf Borang 9 December 2022 1 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210301233440/https://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Borang16N25.pdf dead People's Justice Party (Malaysia) Manikumar Subramanian 12,632 52.23 52.23 Barisan Nasional Ganesan Subramaniam 10,229 42.31 2.79 Independent politician Anuar Abdul Hamid 528 2.18 2.18 Independent politician Husaini Yaacob 257 1.06 1.06 Independent politician Mohd Fazil Abdul Wahab 83 0.34 0.34 Independent politician Tan Hock Huat 78 0.32 0.32 Independent politician T Chandrarajan Thanasagaran 73 0.30 0.30 Independent politician Abdul Rahim Abu 60 0.25 0.25 Independent politician Sarala Loganathan 49 0.20 0.20 Independent politician Moganakumar Subramaniam 46 0.19 0.19 Independent politician Jayagopal Adaikkalam 35 0.14 0.14 Independent politician Venason Micheal 32 0.13 0.13 Independent politician Loganathan Ramachandran 31 0.13 0.13 Independent politician Khamis Awang 29 0.12 0.12 Independent politician Radzi Md Lazim 25 0.10 0.10 Total valid votes 24,187 100.00 Total rejected ballots 415 Unreturned ballots 9 Turnout 24,611 70.04 Registered electors 35,140 Majority 2,403 People's Justice Party (Malaysia) ? http://www.spr.gov.my/ms/pilihan-raya-kecil-n25-bukit-selambau Pilihan Raya Kecil N.25 Bukit Selambau Election Commission of Malaysia 2018-09-19 References Category:Politics of Kedah Category:2009 state elections in Malaysia 2019 Bukit Selambau by-election Category:Elections in Kedah