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1974 Sungei Bahru by-election

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N11 Sungai Baharu seat in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
  First party Second party
  All PKS
Candidate Johari Yusoff Abdul Ghani bin Long
Party UMNO PEKEMAS
Alliance Alliance PEKEMAS
Popular vote 4,568 2,319
Percentage 77.24% 28.00%

MLA before election

Abdullah bin Samad
Alliance (UMNO)

Elected MLA

Johari Yusoff
Alliance (UMNO)

The Sungei Bahru state by-election is a state by-election that was scheduled to be held on 18 May 1974 in the state of Malacca, Malaysia. The Sungei Bahru seat fell vacant following the death of its state assemblyman Tuan Haji Abdullah bin Samad of United Malays National Organisation in Malacca. Abdullah won the seat in 1969 Malaysian state elections against Ali bin Md Salleh of PAS with majority of 2,063.

Johari Yusoff of Alliance, won the by election, defeating Abdul Ghani bin Long of Malaysian Social Justice Party with a majority of 3,222 votes. The state assembly seat has some 8,434 voters consisting of 500 Malays and 2,000 Chinese.

Nomination

On 1st May 197, Alliance nominated Johari Yusoff, a lecturer with Universiti Malaya until his retirement and former chairmen of UMNO Pengkalan Balak. Malaysian Social Justice Party nominated business man from Ramuan China and former Alliance district councillor, Abdul Ghani bin Long. He also chairmen of PEKEMAS Ramuan China Kecil and a member of party state liasion comitee.

On Nomination Day, the race was confirmed to be a straight fight between Johari Yusoff of Alliance and Abdul Ghani bin Long of PEKEMAS after nominations closed

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Johari YusoffAlliance Party4,56877.24
Abdul Ghani bin LongMalaysian Social Justice Party1,34622.76
Total5,914100.00
Valid votes5,91498.22
Invalid/blank votes1071.78
Total votes6,021100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,43471.39
Majority3,222
Alliance hold
Source: Official Year Book

References

  1. Penyata pilehanraya umum Dewan Raʻayat dan Dewan Undangan Negeri bagi Negeri² Tanah Melayu, Sabah dan Sarawak, tahun 1969 [Report on the Parlimentary (Dewan Ra'ayat) and State Legislative Assembly General Elections 1969 of the state of Malaya, Sabah and Sarawak] (in Malay). Kuala Lumpur: Surohanjaya Pilehanraya Malaysia. 1972. p. 102.
  2. "Alliance confident of polls victory". New Straits Times. 1974-05-17. p. 8. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  3. "Straight fight for Melaka State seat". New Straits Times. 1974-05-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
  4. Malaysia 1974: Official Year Book (Report). Jabatan Penerangan Malaysia. p. 57. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
  5. "BN Man pledges to work for the poor". New Straits Times. 1990-07-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-11-29.
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