Official: Tok Mat retains Rantau seat after record voter turnout since GE14
Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, winner of the Rantau by-election, arrives at SJKC Bandar Sri Sendayan, April 13, 2019. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Returning officer Mohd Nizam Tajul Arus announced today that BN’s Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, popularly known as Tok Mat, had won the seat after he obtained 10,397 votes, with a majority of 4,510 votes.The 79.31 per cent voter turnout for the by-election surpassed the Semenyih by-election which saw a 73.3 per cent voter turnout.Polling at 14 polling centres, comprising 53 election streams, in the Rantau by-election ceased at 5.30pm.
The by-election was necessitated by the Federal Court dismissal of an appeal filed by Mohamad to set aside the November 16 Seremban Election Court decision declaring his unopposed victory in the GE14 null and void.
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