1995 Gua Musang by-election
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29 August 1995
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| Turnout | 77.72% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1995 Gua Musang by-election was a by-election that was held on 29 August 1995 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Gua Musang. It was called following the void result of 1995 Malaysian general election for the seat by the High Court on 1 August 1995.[1][2][3] The petition was filed by Barisan Nasional candidate, Hussein Ahmad whose candidacy for the election was rejected by the returning officer on the nomination day.[4]
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, the president of Parti Melayu Semangat 46, won the seat in 1995 Malaysian general election in a straight fight against Nik Ismail Wan Idris of Angkatan Keadilan Insan Malaysia with majority of 8,980.
Tengku Razaleigh defended the seat, defeating Hussein Ahmad of Barisan Nasional with a reduced majority of 4,746 votes.[5] The seat is the largest seat in Kelantan with 28,105 voters with 90 percent Malay voters.[6]
