KINABATANGAN: Barisan Nasional has officially retained both the Lamag and Kinabatangan seats with super majorities.
Returning officer Dr Eddy Syaizul Rizam Abdullah announced that BN‘s Kinabatangan parliamentary seat candidate Mohd Naim Kurniawan Moktar had secured 19,852 votes against Warisan’s Datuk Saddi Abdu Rahman 5,638 votes to win the three-cornered contest for the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat with a majority of 14,214 votes.
Independent candidate Goldam Hamid only managed to secure 946 votes while there were 369 rejected ballot papers.
For the Lamag state constituency, returning officer Dr Eddy Syaizul Rizam Abdullah announced that Barisan’s Mohd Ismail Ayob @ Miha garnered 7,269 votes against his sole opponent, Warisan’s Mazliwati Abdul Malek, who managed to get 1,588 votes.
Miha wins the seat with a 5,681 vote majority while there were 160 rejected ballot papers.
The Election Commission is only expected to annouce the official results after 10pm.
The by-elections were held following the death of the incumbent MP and assemblyman, Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, 66, on Dec 5 last year.
