Malaysia election: Election in Tioman state seat postponed to Dec 7 after PN candidate dies
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Mr Md Yunus died of a heart attack at about 3.30am on Nov 19, 2022.
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KUANTAN - The election for the Tioman state seat in Pahang will be held on Dec 7 following the death of Perikatan Nasional candidate Md Yunus Ramli.
Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh said Nomination Day would be on Nov 24 and early voting on Dec 3.
Postal voting applications would be open on Saturday until Nov 22, he said in a statement.
The election for Tioman had been suspended after Mr Md Yunus, 61, died of a heart attack at about 3.30am on Saturday.
It is the same day more than 21 million voters were to cast their ballot at Malaysia’s 15th general election.
Pahang Election Commission director Zamree Hamli confirmed the matter earlier when contacted.
“It’s only for Tioman. Elections for the Rompin parliamentary seat and the other state seats are proceeding as normal,” he said.
Pahang is holding polls on Saturday to pick state assemblymen for 41 seats, instead of the original 42. Voters will also cast ballots for 14 federal lawmakers.
This is the second candidate death to occur during the general election.
Mr M. Karupaiya, Pakatan Harapan’s candidate for the Padang Serai parliamentary seat in Kedah, died on Wednesday after suffering a fall while campaigning.
The 70-year-old former army officer had won the Padang Serai seat in the last election in 2018 with a majority of 8,813 votes. The election for the seat will now be held on Dec 7. THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK
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