1966 Sungei Bahru by-election

1966 Sungei Bahru by-election

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Sungei Bahru seat in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
All PMIP PRM Candidate Abdullah Abdul Samad Taha Kalu Mohamed Din Daud Party UMNO PMIP PRM Alliance Alliance Popular vote 4,159 1,062 493 Percentage NA NA NA
MLA before election Thamby Chik Karim Alliance (UMNO) Elected MLA Abdullah Abdul Samad Alliance (UMNO)

The Sungei Bahru by-election is a state by-election that was held on 20 March 1966^[1] in the state of Melaka, Malaysia. The Sungei Bahru seat fell vacant following the death of its MLA Mr. Thamby Chik Karim of Alliance.^[2] He won the seat in 1964 Malaysian general election with 7,878 majority.

Abdullah Abdul Samad of Alliance, won the by election, defeating Mohamed Din Daud of PRM and Taha Kalu of PMIP with majority of 3,097 votes.^[3]