A by-election was held for the Selangor State Assembly seat of

Kajang Kajang is a town in Hulu Langat District, Selangor, Malaysia. Kajang, along with much of Hulu Langat District, is governed by the Kajang Municipal Council. Kajang town is located on the eastern banks of the Langat River. It is surrounded by ...

on 23 March 2014 following the nomination day on 11 March 2014. The seat was vacated after the incumbent assemblyman,

Lee Chin Cheh Lee Chin Cheh () is a Malaysian politician and the former Selangor state assemblyman of the Kajang seat. He became infamous for vacating his seat at Kajang on 27 January 2014. Kajang Move In the general elections in 2013, he won by a majorit ...

resigned on 27 January 2014. Lee was an assemblyman from the

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, a component party of

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. He won by a majority of 6,824 votes against 5 other candidates in the general elections in 2013. Federal parliamentary opposition leader

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had confirmed to stand as the Pakatan Rakyat candidate in the by-election. However, due to the unusually swift conviction by the

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in his sodomy case, his wife

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replaced him as the PR candidate.

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, which forms the opposition in the Selangor Assembly, named MCA vice president and former Petaling Jaya Utara MP Chew Mei Fun as their candidate. The by-election was won by Dr Wan Azizah with a majority of 5,379 votes. The turnout in this by-election decreased by 16% from the general election in 2013.

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