Investment PAUH: People's Justice Party (PKR) Investment has maintained parliamentary constituency after its candidate Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail won with a majority of 8.841 votes.
Wan Azizah won 30,316 votes, while the Barisan Nasional (BN) Suhaimi Sabudin obtained 21.475 votes, independent candidate 367 votes Salleh Isaac, and Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) Azman Shah Othman 101 votes.
The number of spoiled votes was 843.
PRK official decision was announced by Returning Officer PRK Investment constituency, Jusni Ismail at 10.15pm at the Dewan Perdana, National Youth Skills Institute (IKBN) here.
The percentage turnout was 74 percent.
BN candidate, PRM and Independent, however, not present when the announcement was made.
In the general election (GE) in 2013, opposition leader and former Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also the husband of Dr Wan Azizah, received 37.090 votes, defeating BN candidate Dr Mazlan Ismail (25.369 votes) and independent candidate Dr Abdullah Wan Zawawi (201 of votes).
Anwar wins with a majority of 11.721 votes.
Number of votes obtained in Wan Azizah, Anwar PRK compared to last PRU decreased by 6,774.
Voting began at around 8 am this morning at 25 polling centers with 130 polling streams.
Investment PRK constituency saw the four-cornered fight between Suhaimi, Dr Wan Azizah, Azman Shah and Salleh.
The seat fell vacant after the Federal Court upheld the conviction through his second on 10 February, while the Board of Pardons refused clemency petition filed by the family of Anwar against his prison sentence.
Investment parliamentary constituency has 71.890 voters, with about 70 per cent Malay voters.
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