2013 Sungai Limau by-election explained

A by-election was held for the Kedah State Assembly seat of Sungai Limau on 4 November 2013 with nomination day on 23 October 2013.[1] The seat was vacated after the death of the incumbent five-term assemblyman and former Menteri Besar of Kedah, Azizan Abdul Razak on 26 September 2013 from heart complications.[2] Tan Sri Azizan was an assemblyman from the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party and the first PAS Menteri Besar of Kedah.

On 21 October, Barisan Nasional made announcement that Dr Ahmad Sohaimi Lazim, lecturer in Sultan Idris University of Education has been named as BN candidate [3] while PAS named Jerai PAS Youth chief Mohd Azam Samad as PAS candidate.[4] The election was seen as a sort of referendum on current BN Menteri Besar of Kedah, Mukhriz Mahathir who failed in his bid to be elected as UMNO vice-president in the UMNO polls on 19 October 2013.[5] [6] [7]

The by election was won by Mohd Azam Samad with a reduced majority of 1,084 votes.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: The Malaysian Insider. Sungai Limau by-election on November 4. 3 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012752/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/sungai-limau-by-election-on-november-4. 5 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  2. News: The Malaysian Insider. Former Kedah MB Azizan dies. 26 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002451/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/former-kedah-mb-azizan-dies. 5 October 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  3. News: The Star. Lecturer named BN candidate for Sungai Limau by-election. 21 October 2013. 21 October 2013. 24 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131024010313/http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/10/21/Sungai-Limau-BN-candidate.aspx. dead.
  4. News: ABN News. PAS names Jerai youth chief as Sg. Limau by-election candidate. 21 October 2013.
  5. News: The Malay Mail. Test for Mukhriz as Sungai Limau heads to polls. 4 November 2013.
  6. News: The Malaysian Insider. Sungai Limau polls a baptism of fire for Mukhriz Mahathir. 4 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104212943/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/sungai-limau-polls-a-baptism-of-fire-for-mukhriz-mahathir. 4 November 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  7. News: The Malaysian Insider. Sungai Limau a litmus test for both PAS and Umno. 23 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131104212904/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/sungai-limau-a-litmus-test-for-both-pas-and-umno. 4 November 2013. dead. dmy-all.
  8. News: The Malaysian Insider. Barisan Nasional fails to win Sungai Limau, PAS majority reduced. 4 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150927075417/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/pas-retains-sungai-limau-with-a-reduced-majority. 27 September 2015.

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