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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Bagan Pinang is a battleground between BN and PAS

In a political environment that some say is the worst for BN since Permatang Pasir, Bagan Pinang has emerged as a good battleground for BN to take revenge.

Azman Mohd Noor

The death of the Barisan Nasional’s Bagan Pinang state assemblyman Azman Mohd Noor in Negeri Sembilan yesterday once again triggers the ninth by-election after the 12th general election.

It is interesting to see the opposition reactions and particularly how far will BN take the revenge? Azman Mohd Noor died of blood infection at the Seremban Specialist Centre at 3.30pm yesterday.

The seat is considered a BN stronghold. Azman, who was Telok Kemang Umno vice-chief, won the seat in the last general election with a majority of 2,333 votes, beating PAS candidate Ramli Ismail, who got 4,097 votes.

Bagan Pinang, located in the Teluk Kemang parliamentary seat in Port Dickson is a Malay-Muslim majority seat in which voters from the community make up 66 per cent of the electorate.

Over 10 per cent of voters are Chinese while Indians make up an unusually high percentage at 19.9 per cent.

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