Latest Updates From The Pengkalan Kubor By-Election

Barisan Nasional maintained its hold at the Pengkalan Kubor state constituency seat after winning the by-election with a 2,635 majority. BN candidate, Mat Mat Ail Razi defeated PAS' candidate Rosdi Wan Wan Ibrahim and independent candidate, Ismail Bukhary Izat Bukhary .

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PAS’s election campaign had been widely described as lacklustre and well short of BN’s more upbeat and vigourous attempt.

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BN obtained 9,961 votes followed by PAS with 7,335 votes and Independent candidate with 37 votes.

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Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, after the Election Commission (EC) official announcement, said he was impressed with the result and did not expect the party would topped Noor Zahidi's majority count. He said the victory proved that voters in Pengkalan Kubor had accepted Barisan Nasional's explanations on numerous issues raised during the campaigning period. "This win definitely shows that voters here have high confidence on Prime Minister's (Datuk Seri Najib Razak) leadership to lead the country and party.

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PAS said today that it had expected to lose in the Pengkalan Kubor state seat by-election, following the drop in percentage of voter turnout compared to the 13th general election. Director of PAS Pengkalan Kubor by-election central operations Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said the percentage of voters in the by-election was 72.8%, compared to 78.9% during the general election. "As we expected, (the drop in percentage) had an effect on the by-election, and we accept (the loss) with an open heart," he told reporters today.

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Eleven polling centres opened at 8am today to enable 23,929 voters to cast their ballots in the Pengkalan Kubor state by-election. The centres will close at 5 pm. The tallying of votes will begin at SMK Dato' Biji Wangsa in Tumpat as soon as the polling centres close.

A total of 103 of 109 early voters, or 96.3%, cast their ballots on September 21 at the Dewan Delima, Tumpat district police headquarters.

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Election Commission (EC) expects not less than 70 percent turnout at the Pengkalan Kubor state assembly by-election on Thursday. EC chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said the expectation was based on the voting trends and the percentage of voter turnout in the previous by-election.

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Barisan and PAS candidates of the Pengkalan Kubor by-election have cast their votes as polls opened at 8am on Thursday.

PAS and BN supporters in SK Simpangan are engaged in a slogan war outside the voting centre. However, the situation is under control with police helping to man the crowd. Thai descent voters are also not missing out on their right to vote.

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Pengkalan Kubor voters have been urged to think deeply and wisely on whom they want as their assemblyman come polling day on Thursday, said Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong. The MCA deputy president urged the 24,000-odd registered voters to choose BN candidate Mat Razi Mat Ail, whom he said had all the attributes necessary for an assemblyman.

Inong, who represents the Siamese community, chided PAS for using a picture of party spiritual adviser Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat and Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob with the monks, and distributing it to the Siamese community here as tactical ploy to show that the monks supported PAS. “Poster and buntings have been put up here and there by the PAS election machinery to woo Siamese voters in the Pengkalan Kubor by-election. “The institution of Siamese monks is sacred and neutral, they do not take sides to any political party. “What PAS has done has backfired as the posters of the revered monks was found and inadvertently trampled by people.

The federal government has allocated more than RM1 million to help 166 members of the Tumpat Area Farmers Organisation (PPK) to carry out business activities since two years ago. Tumpat PPK general manager Tuan Mohd Ali Tuan Yusof said they included 50 members who received aid to venture into aqua-culture, tailoring and food catering business, as well as to open food stalls.

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Abdul Aziz said the result of the Pengkalan Kubor state by-election tomorrow is expected to be announced as early as 9pm. He said the counting of votes would be carried out soon after the polling centres close at 5pm. “There are 24,039 voters in the Pengkalan Kubor constituency, comprising 23,929 ordinary voters, 109 advance voters and an absentee or overseas voter,” Abdul Aziz told a press conference here today. He said 11 polling centres with 45 polling streams would be opened from 8am until 5pm for tomorrow's polling.

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Up to 20 Barisan Nasional (BN) banners for the Pengkalan Kubor state by-election were found to have been torn and the metal posts holding them up damaged, according to Tumpat Umno acting head Datuk Rosdi Abdul Aziz. Describing the act as 'dirty politics', Rosdi said the fact that the strong metal posts had been damaged showed that it was a well-planned act.

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Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed wants all parties to stop politicising the oil royalty issue, saying attacks on the Federal government have increased during elections. “Saya rasa dukacita (I feel very sad). I had hoped that the agreement to split the management of wang ehsan (compassionate fund) between the Kelantan Islamic Religious Council (Maik) and the Kelantan Federal Development Department (JPP) would ease the situation but instead it has magnified,” he said. “We want the matter to be resolved in accordance with the law. "There is no need to raise it as a political issue or to make use of it as an election tool.

Political parties contesting in tomorrow's Pengkalan Kubor by-election have been told to abide by the law and election regulations and to stop their campaign at midnight today. "If there are parties still stubborn, we will demolish the structures at their campaign site with the cooperation of the local authorities," he said.

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The Kelantan government today declared Sept 25 as a public holiday in conjunction with the Pengkalan Kubor by-election.

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Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yacob in a statement here today said the decision was to enable voters to come out in full force as polling day (Sept 25) had been set on a Thursday which is a working day in the state. There 24,039 registered voters in the state constituency.

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The report said Kelantan deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah criticised the decision of the Election Commission (EC) to hold elections on a weekday, despite the suggestions by PAS to have the by-election on a weekend.

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“To hold polling day on a workday is to deny the people their opportunity to vote so the Kelantan state government has declared it to be a public holiday. “We hope companies and employers of residents living outside Kelantan will also give voters the flexibility to come back and vote,” The Star Online reported Kelantan deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah as saying during a press conference at the PAS Pengkalan Kubor operations base in Kampung Getting.

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It will be a three- corner fight for the Pengkalan Kubor N01 by-election, announced the Election Commission returning officer Mohd Sobri Ramli.

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PAS's Wan Rosdi Wan Ibrahim, Barisan Nasional's (BN) Mat Razi Mat Ail and independent candidate Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary, will be involved in a three-cornered fight ‎for the Pengkalan Kubor seat which has been under BN for a decade.

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PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu, Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob, Youth chief Suhaizan Kaiat, Temerloh MP Nasrudin Hassan Tantawi, as well as PKR vice-p‎residents Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin and Tian Chua, ‎and Youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad were also present. "We chose a social activist who is suited for the work he would have to do here in the Pengkalan Kubor area," Mohamad told reporters. "We are confident that the people here will be able to accept an activist as their state assemblyman.‎‎"

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Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein told reporters that the by-election would not be easy, adding that BN had won by a small majority during last year's polls. ‎"The majority was not big, a lot was centred on the personality (of the candidates). "‎But I am relieved by the feedback we have received from the public. People are comfortable with the name we proposed."

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Izat Bukhary who contested in 2013, arrived at the nomination centre with three supporters earlier this morning and announced he had decided to contest again. Born in Kota Baru and living in Kubang Kerian, Izat Bukhary, 47, said his appeal lay in the principles he was championing that differed considerably to those of the other candidates. He however declined to elaborate just what those principles were.

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The independent candidate told reporters that those votes had motivated him to contest a second time. "‎I am more confident this time. A leader must be a man and Muslim, so this is what makes me strong," he said. He added that he had the advantage of being an independent candidate and was not beholden to party‎ orders.

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PAS has picked its Tumpat area secretary Wan Rosdi Wan Ibrahim to be the party's candidate for the Pengkalan Kubor by-election.

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In an announcement made by Kelantan PAS commissioner Datuk Ahmad Yaakob here tonight, he said that Wan Rosdi’s experience as PAS’ state assembly coordinator in the past two terms qualified him to be the most suitable candidate for the Pengkalan Kubor state seat.

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“He is a local from Bendang Pak Yong which is within the vicinity of the constituency and will attend to the people’s need successfully if elected,” the Kelantan Menteri Besar said during the announcement held near the Geting Mosque, here, tonight.

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Wan Rosdi, 56, a building contractor, is also PAS’s coordinator for the Pengkalan Kubor state constituency and a director of Koperasi Kelantan Bhd.

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The Barisan Nasional has named Tumpat Umno division committee member Mat Razi Mat Ail as its candidate for the Sept 25 Peng­kalan Kubor by-election.

Deputy Prime Minister and BN deputy chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the BN chose Mat Razi, 48, who is a member of the Tumpat Umno Committee, as he was a local who had much experience and had been of service to the constituents. “He is a local of Pengkalan Kubor and has a BA Hons degree specialising in Bahasa Melayu and History.

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“Ustaz Mat Razi is also the founder of a pondok (religious school) in Tumpat and we feel he is close to the people,” Muhyiddin said when announcing the candidate before more than 5,000 people at the BN operations centre for the by-election here.

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Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakub is expected to announce PAS’ candidate for the Pengkalan Kubor by-election, today. Ahmad Yakub who is also the Kelantan PAS commissioner said the party was in the process of finalising the candidate for the by-election on Sept 25. “What is certain is that the candidate will be a local,” he told reporters after chairing a state exco meeting at Kompleks Kota Darul Naim, here today.

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The Election Commission (EC) has set September 25 for the Pengkalan Kubor by-election, with nomination on Sept. 13 and early voting on Sept. 21.

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EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd. Yusof said the 2013 master electoral rolls, combined with the supplementary electoral rolls for the first quarter of 2014 which had been updated until Aug. 20, will be used for the by-election.

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"A total of 11 schools, with 46 polling streams, will be used as polling centres and 422 election workers will be appointed," he said after chairing a meeting on the by-election today.

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Barisan Nasional's Pengkalan Kubor assemblyman, Datuk Noor Zahidi Omar died of liver cancer in China at 5.45am early Wednesday morning.

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In confirming the news, Yayasan Dakwah Islamiah Malaysia (Yadim) president Senator Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said the three-term Kelantan assemblyman died in China. “I received the news that he had died in Guangzhou from his son,” Asyraf said.

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Mohd Rosdi said Kelantan Umno Liaison Committee Chairman Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, with the cooperation of the Prime Minister's Department and Foreign Ministry, was currently expediting the process of bringing back his remains for burial in Pasir Pekan, Tumpat.

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He was confirmed to be afflicted with liver cancer last May and received treatment in Guangzhou about two weeks ago, he said when contacted here.

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Mohd Rosdi said among those at his bedside were his wife Datin Siti Mona Abdul Kadir. Noor Zahidi is survived by his wife and 12 children.

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Noor Zahidi became the Pengkalan Kubor assemblyman for three terms and Tumpat Umno chief for four terms.

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In the 2013 general election, he had polled 10,174 votes to beat PKR's Saharun Ibrahim, who obtained 8,438 votes, and independent candidate Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary, who had 65 votes. Zahidi's majority was a modest 1,736 votes.

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His death will trigger a by-election in Kelantan state, ruled by the PAS-led Pakatan government. The Election Commission is expected to call for polls within the next 60 days.

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