Election Name: | 1995 Gua Musang by-election |
Country: | Malaysia |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1995 Malaysian general election |
Previous Year: | 1995 |
Next Election: | 1999 Malaysian general election |
Next Year: | 1999 |
Seats For Election: | P032 Gua Musang seat in the Dewan Rakyat |
Election Date: | 29 August 1995 |
Image1: | File:Tengku-razaleigh (closeup).jpg |
Candidate1: | Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah |
Color1: | FFFF00 |
Party1: | Semangat 46 |
Alliance1: | Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah |
Popular Vote1: | 13,144 |
Percentage1: | 61.02% |
Candidate2: | Hussein Ahmad |
Party2: | BN |
Alliance2: | UMNO |
Popular Vote2: | 4,746 |
Percentage2: | 38.98% |
MP | |
Before Election: | Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (disqualified) |
Before Party: | Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (Semangat 46) |
After Party: | Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (Semangat 46) |
Turnout: | 77.72% |
The 1995 Gua Musang by-election was a by-election that was held on 29 August 1995 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Gua Musang. It was called following the void result of 1995 Malaysian general election for the seat by the High Court on 1 August 1995.[1] [2] [3] The petition was filed by Barisan Nasional candidate, Hussein Ahmad due to rejection by returning officer.[4]
Tengku won the seat in 1995 Malaysian general election in a straight fight against Nik Ismail Wan Idris of KITA with majority of 8,980.
Tengku defended the seat, defeating Hussein Ahmad of Barisan Nasional with a reduced majority of 4,746 votes.[5] The seat is the largest seat in Kelantan with 28,105 voters with 90 percent Malay voters.[6]