2014 Telok Intan by-election explained
| Election Name: | 2014 Telok Intan by-election |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Seats For Election: | Constituency of Teluk Intan |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Malaysian general election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Election Date: | 31 May 2014 |
| Candidate1: | Mah Siew Keong |
| Party1: | Barisan Nasional |
| Popular Vote1: | 20,157 |
| Percentage1: | 50.30% |
| Swing1: | 8.24% |
| Candidate2: | Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud |
| Party2: | Democratic Action Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 19,919 |
| Percentage2: | 49.70% |
| Swing2: | 7.66% |
| MP |
| Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
| Before Election: | Seah Leong Peng |
| Before Party: | Democratic Action Party |
| After Election: | Mah Siew Keong |
| After Party: | Barisan Nasional |
| Turnout: | 67.39% (13.36%) |
| Map Size: | 200px |
| Next Election: | 2018 Malaysian general election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Teluk Intan on 31 May 2014 following the nomination day on 19 May 2014.[1] [2] The seat was vacated after the death of the incumbent MP, Seah Leong Peng from bladder cancer in Kuala Lumpur on 1 May 2014.[3] Seah was a lawmaker from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition.[4] In the 2013 general election, he defeated Barisan Nasional(BN) candidate and Gerakan president Mah Siew Keong and an independent candidate by 7,313 votes.[5] [6]
The PR candidate in the by-election was DAP's Dyana Sofya Mohd Daud, notable for her status as a rare Malay politician in the DAP.[7] On 17 May 2014, BN announced that it would again field Mah Siew Keong.[8] 60,349 voters were eligible to vote in the by-election.[9]
Results
Mah Siew Keong won the election by a slim majority of 238 votes.[10] [11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Teluk Intan by-election: Polling May 31, nomination May 19 |. FZ. 8 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020429/http://www.fz.com/content/teluk-intan-election-polling-may-31-nomination-may-19. 24 September 2015. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: May 31 set for Teluk Intan by-election . The Rakyat Post . 8 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140508223131/http://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2014/05/08/may-31-set-teluk-intan-election/ . 8 May 2014 . dead .
- News: The Malaysian Insider. DAP lawmaker dies of cancer, says paper. 1 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140504083723/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-lawmaker-dies-of-cancer-says-paper. 4 May 2014. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Teluk Intan MP's death puts another poll on DAP's plate . The Malay Mail Online . 2 May 2014 . 8 May 2014.
- Web site: P76 Teluk Intan . undi.info . 2014-05-05 . 2014-05-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140506014458/http://undi.info/perak/p/P76 . dead .
- Web site: DAP's Teluk Intan MP dies of cancer at age 48 . Malaysian Chronicle . 1 May 2014 .
- Web site: Eileen Ng. DAP names Dyana Sofya as Teluk Intan candidate. The Malaysian Insider. 17 May 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141031090519/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/dap-names-dyana-sofya-as-teluk-intan-candidate. 31 October 2014.
- Web site: Audrey Dermawan. Teluk Intan: BN names Mah Siew Keong as its candidate. New Straits Times. 17 May 2014. 18 May 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140518005912/http://www.nst.com.my/latest/font-color-red-teluk-intan-font-bn-names-mah-siew-keong-as-its-candidate-1.599511. 18 May 2014. dead.
- Web site: Gerakan's Mah takes on Dyana Sofya in Teluk Intan by-election . The Malaysian Insider . 19 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224936/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/gerakans-mah-takes-on-dyana-sofya-in-teluk-intan-by-election . 3 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
- Web site: Mah recaptures Teluk Intan by 238 votes . . 31 May 2014.
- Web site: Penyata Pengundian Selepas Pengumuman Rasmi Undi . Suruhanjaya Pilihanraya Malaysia . 31 May 2014 . ms .
