Political greenhorn S Manikumar won the N25 Bukit Selambau state seat for PKR, defeating BN’s Datuk S Ganesan and 13 independent candidates with a slightly bigger majority of 2,403 votes.
Manikumar, 35, polled 12,632 votes against 50-year-old Ganesan’s 10,229 votes. Voter turnout was 70%. The Bukit Selambau by-election had created history by having the most number of candidates, totalling 15 altogether.
All the independent candidates — R Loganathan, Tan Hock Huat, Mohd Radzi Md Lazim, Mohd Fadzil Wahab, Abdul Rahim Abu, L Sarala, A Jayagopal, S Moganakumar, Khamis Awang, Husaini Yaacob, Vaneson Michael, Mejar (R) Anuar Abdul Hamid and T Chandrarajan — lost their RM5,000 deposit after failing to secure one eighth of the votes cast.
The most popular independent included Mej (Rtd) Anuar Abd Hamid, polled 528 votes and Mohd Radzi Md Lazim , the least 25 votes.
Manikumar, 35, polled 12,632 votes against 50-year-old Ganesan’s 10,229 votes. Voter turnout was 70%. The Bukit Selambau by-election had created history by having the most number of candidates, totalling 15 altogether.
All the independent candidates — R Loganathan, Tan Hock Huat, Mohd Radzi Md Lazim, Mohd Fadzil Wahab, Abdul Rahim Abu, L Sarala, A Jayagopal, S Moganakumar, Khamis Awang, Husaini Yaacob, Vaneson Michael, Mejar (R) Anuar Abdul Hamid and T Chandrarajan — lost their RM5,000 deposit after failing to secure one eighth of the votes cast.
The most popular independent included Mej (Rtd) Anuar Abd Hamid, polled 528 votes and Mohd Radzi Md Lazim , the least 25 votes.
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