2014 Telok Intan by-election
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A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Teluk Intan on 31 May 2014 following the nomination day on 19 May 2014.[1][2] The seat was vacated after the death of the incumbent MP, Seah Leong Peng from bladder cancer in Kuala Lumpur on 1 May 2014.[3] Seah was a lawmaker from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition.[4] In the 2013 general election, he defeated Barisan Nasional(BN) candidate and Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong and an independent candidate by 7,313 votes.[3][5][6]
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31 May 2014
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| Turnout | 67.39% ( 13.36%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The PR candidate in the by-election was DAP's Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, notable for her status as a rare Malay politician in the DAP.[7] On 17 May 2014, BN announced that it would again field Mah Siew Keong.[8] 60,349 voters were eligible to vote in the by-election.[9]
Results
Mah Siew Keong won the election by a slim majority of 238 votes.[10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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| BN | Mah Siew Keong | 20,157 | 50.30 | + 8.24 | ||
| DAP | Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud | 19,919 | 49.70 | - 7.66 | ||
| Total valid votes | 40,076 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 543 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 49 | |||||
| Turnout | 40,668 | 67.39 | ||||
| Registered electors | 60,349 | |||||
| Majority | 238 | 0.60 | ||||
| BN gain from DAP | Swing | 0.58 | ||||
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil P.076 Telok Intan". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2018-09-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the Dewan Rakyat of P.076 Telok Intan for the State of Perak [P.U. (B) 220/2014]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-19.[permanent dead link] "P. U. (B) 275/2014 Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of P.076 Telok Intan" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 2016-05-14.[permanent dead link] | ||||||