Kuala Terengganu by-election, 2009

The Kuala Terengganu by-election of 2009 was held on 7 January 2009 after the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament, Razali Ismail.^[1] In the 2008 election, Datuk Razali won by a slim 628 vote majority, defeating Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party heavyweight Mat Sabu and 89-year-old independent candidate, Maimun Yusuf. ^[2] Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Barisan Nasional was confident that Barisan Nasional will retain the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat. The Prime Minister has rejected the assumption that there would be a big swing by the voters to the Opposition.^[3] Oppostion leader Anwar Ibrahim stated that Parti Keadilan Rakyat and DAP would support any candidate PAS picked. He was optimistic that Pakatan would make it in Kuala Terengganu if all its coalition parties worked hard to face the might of the Barisan Nasional election machinery.^[4] In the 2008 election Razali, a government minister of the UMNO party, defeated a Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) opposition candidate by 628 votes.^[5]For the by-election PAS nominated state assemblyman Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut, while Barisan Nasional monimated Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh. Mohd Abdul won the by-election by 2,631 votes.

By-election Results

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