Pengkalan Kubor by-election: BN wins with bigger majority

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 .

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

The by-election was held following the death of the three-term assemblyman, Datuk Noor Zahidi Omar of the BN, on Aug 20.

Noor Zahidi had retained the seat in the general election held last year with a majority of 1,736 votes, beating Saharun Ibrahim of PKR and Izat Bukhary.