Barisan Nasional wins both the Kinabatangan parliamentary and Lamag state by-elections, defeating Warisan candidates in the contests.
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional (BN) successfully defended both the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat and the Lamag state seat in today’s by-elections, according to unofficial results.
The outcome was announced by Umno Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh in a brief Facebook post.
“Thank God, Kinabatangan and Lamag remained with BN. Thank you to all!!” wrote the Merlimau assemblyman.
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Umno secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki had earlier mentioned BN was leading in Kinabatangan with a majority of 9,723 votes, while the coalition was leading in Lamag with a majority of 2,093 votes.
In Kinabatangan, the late Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin’s son, Mohd Kurniawan Naim, emerged victorious over Parti Warisan’s Saddi Abdul Rahman and independent candidate Goldam H Salangah.
Meanwhile, BN candidate Mohd Ismail Ayob secured the Lamag state seat after defeating Warisan’s Mazliwati Abdul Malek.
The by-elections were held following the death of Bung Moktar on Dec 5.
