Teluk Intan by-election

Perak Barisan Nasional (BN) will use the Teluk Intan by-election template two years ago to face the Kuala Kangsar by-election next month.

Being the president of Gerakan, it is important for Mah Siew Keong to have a ministerial position in the Cabinet, says MCA president Liow Tiong Lai.

Mah stressed that the rakyat would never have accepted a leader who lost three times in the elections.

Ong Kian Ming said some specific questions needs to be raised and some issues need to be pondered by the Pakatan Rakyat national leadership following DAP's loss in the Teluk Intan seat.

Barisan Nasional now has a new parliamentarian in Teluk Intan in the form of Datuk Mah Siew Keong, here are our thoughts on the fiercely contested polls and its implications.

Lim Guan Eng said one of reason for the DAP defeat was that its candidate was still new and the other was that there was a low turnout of voters residing outside the constituency.

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The contest was a close one but it proves that Barisan Nasional can win when the component parties unite, says the 'new' Teluk Intan MP.

Despite her defeat, Dyana Sofya will be appointed into the Perak state exco in charge of youth affairs.

Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Mah Siew Keong has been announced as the winner in the Teluk Intan by-election, defeating Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud by a 238-vote majority.

The unofficial vote count by Barisan Nasional party workers shows BN candidate Mah Siew Keong has managed to wrest the Teluk Intan parliamentary seat from DAP.

Although Mah Siew Keong might be the best candidate for the job, analysts predict that the win will go to Dyana Sofya as the anti-BN sentiment still prevails.

Election Commission (EC) chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof expects the voters turnout for the by-election to be at least 70 percent.

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All polling station will close at 5pm today, except the polling station in SRJK (T) Ladang Sungai Timah which is scheduled to close at 4pm since there are less voters in the area.

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