Unofficial results of the Kemaman by-election show that Perikatan Nasional has retained the parliamentary seat.
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00:00 "Apabalik!"
00:02 Perikatan Nasional has retained the Kemaman Parliamentary seat in Saturday's by-election.
00:09 As at 8pm, unofficial results show that Perikatan candidate Datu Sri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
00:17 had amassed a lead of more than 54,000 votes.
00:21 Samsuri's lead is close to double the votes of Barisan Nasional candidate, retired General
00:27 Tan Sri Raja Mohamad Afandi Raja Mohamad Nur, who has only managed about 23,500 votes.
00:35 Ahmad Samsuri, Trengganu's popular Menteri Besar, had been tipped to secure the seat
00:41 for Perikatan after his administration was widely credited for the coalition's astounding
00:46 victory in the August state polls.
00:50 During GE15, Perikatan won Kemaman by a majority of more than 27,000 votes, but that victory
00:57 was nullified by the Trengganu election court.
01:01 The court had found that elements of bribery had occurred during campaigning for GE15,
01:07 and this led to the seat being declared vacant before a by-election was called.
01:12 There are a total of 141,000 eligible electors in the parliamentary seat.
01:18 [crowd cheering]
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