PEKAN (Bernama): Polling has closed at 5.30 pm in the Chini state by-election, the first by-election since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Earlier at 4pm, the Election Commission announced that 72% of the 20,816 voters in the Chini state by-election have cast their ballots.The voting process in 13 voting centres involving 65 channels, began at 8am on Saturday .
The Chini state by-election is a three-cornered fight between Barisan Nasional's , Mohd Sharim Md Zain, 41, who is a Felda Chini second-generation settler, and two independent candidates, businessman Tengku Datuk Zainul Hisham Tengku Hussin, 64, and blogger Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli, 49. The by-election was held following the death of incumbent Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Harun, 60, at Kuala Lumpur Hospital due to a heart attack on May 7. Abu Bakar was Chini state assemblyman since the 11th General Election in 2004.
In GE14, Abu Bakar retained the Chini state seat with a majority of 4,622 votes, after securing 10,027 votes against PAS candidate Mohd Fadhil Noor Abdul Karim, who obtained 5,405 votes and PKR's Mohamad Razali Ithnain, with 1,065 votes. - Bernama
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