The 2024 Sungai Bakap by-election was a by-election for the

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

seat of

Sungai Bakap Sungai Bakap is a suburb of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang Penang is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia along the Strait of Malacca. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capita ...

that was held on 6 July 2024. It was called following the death of incumbent,

Nor Zamri Latiff Nor Zamri bin Latiff (24 September 1968 – 24 May 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Bakap from August 2023 to his death in office in May 2024. He was a member and Div ...

on 24 May 2024 due to

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. Nor Zamri has served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Sungai Bakap since 2023. It is the first Penang state by-election since the

2023 Penang state election The 15th Penang state election was held on 12 August 2023 to elect the State Assembly members of the 15th Penang State Legislative Assembly, the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. Penang is one of the states which did not dissolve simu ...

Abidin Ismail Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles, Yang Berhormat Malay styles and titles#Other titles, Tuan Abidin bin Ismail (born 7 December 1968) is a Malaysian people, Malaysian politician and businessman who has served as Member of the Penang State ...

Perikatan Nasional Perikatan Nasional (PN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Right-wing politics, right-wing and Far-right politics, far-right political parties. It is the second largest political coalition in Dewan Rakyat w ...

(PN) defeated Joohari Ariffin of

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(PH) by a significantly increased majority of 4,267 votes compared to the one won by Nor Zamri in the 2023 state election.

Nomination

On 12 June 2024,

(PH) and its component party the People's Justice Party (PKR), representing the government, announced its candidate, Joohari Ariffin, who was making his electoral debut in the election.

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(BN), one of the major political coalitions working with PH to form the

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at the federal and Penang state levels, agreed to actively campaign for the PH candidate. Three days later on 15 June 2024,

(PN) and its component party the

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(PAS), defending the seat in the election, named Nibong Tebal PAS vice chairman Abidin Ismail, who was also contesting in an election for the first time, as its candidate. Both Joohari and Abidin were officially nominated on Nomination Day on 22 June 2024. The election saw a straight fight between them as no other candidates were nominated.

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

Results

Previous results

References

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