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KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor has joined five states to come under the control of the
opposition.
As at press time, it has won some 35 of the 56 states seats
contested in the state.
PKR is expected to name its secretary-general Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim as
the state's new menteri besar as the party has won 11 out of the 20 seats it
contested.
DAP won all 15 seats contested while PAS won nine out of the 20 seats contested.
BN state chairman and Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo was clearly shocked at the
election outcome and holed up in a meeting room at the Umno state building for
most of the night.
He was seen leaving the building at 1.40am for PWTC, where he
was to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Many opposition candidates, who had won seats, were equally stunned.
The opposition needed just 29 seats to form the state government with a simple
majority. With 35 seats, the opposition is just short of three seats to win a
two-thirds majority.
Among the state seats which fell to the opposition were Ijok, Kinrara, Meru,
Sungai Pinang, Kota Alam Shah, Sri Andalas, Bukit Gasing, Port Klang, Pandamaran,
Ulu Kelang, Bukit Gasing, Port Klang, Bukit Melawati, Jeram, Bukit Antarabangsa,
Sri Muda, Kota Anggerik and Batu Tiga.
Datuk Zakaria Md Deros' daughter-in-law Roselinda Abdul Jamil, who was BN's
candidate for Port Klang, was defeated by PKR's Badrul Hisham Abdullah by 4,407
votes.
Independent Nazir Mansor received only 508 votes and lost his deposit.
DAP won, among others, the Kota Alam Shah state seat through Internal Security
Act detainee M. Manoharan, who contested the seat in absentia, Ronnie Liu in
Pandamaran and Ng Suee Lim (Sekinchan).
Manoharan is the third ISA detainee to have won in the general election.
He polled 12,699 votes against BN candidate and incumbent Ching Su Chen's 5,515
votes.
Manoharan is currently detained for his involvement in Hindu Rights Action Force
(Hindraf).
Past DAP candidates who stood for elections and became MPs while under ISA were
Chian Heng Kai and Chan Kok Kit.
Chian won the Batu Gajah seat in 1978 with a 6,281 vote majority, while Chan won
the Sungai Besi seat in 1978 with a majority of 33,687 votes.
Election Commission statistics showed that 76.24 per cent of voters cast their
ballots in the constituency yesterday.
DAP's Liu secured the Pandamaran state seat with a 5,398 vote majority, beating
BN incumbent Datuk Teh Kim Poo, while PKR's Badrul Hisham beat Roselinda Abd
Jamil (BN) and Nasir Mansor (Independent) by a majority of 4,407 votes.
In Sekinchan, DAP incumbent Ng Suee Lim scraped to a win with a majority of 190
votes against BN's Puah Boon Choon.
Dr Khir led BN wins in Selangor, retaining the Sungai Panjang state seat against
Pas' Mohd Fadzin Taslimin with a majority of 5,828 votes.
He polled 11,181 votes against Fadzin's 5,353.
BN also won through Datuk Abdul Rahman Palil (Sementa), Datuk Mohd Shamsudin
Lias (Sungai Burong), Datuk Muhammad Bushro Mat Johor (Paya Jaras) and Wong Koon
Mun (Kuala Kubu Baru).
Meanwhile, it is believed that at least eight parliamentary seats in the state
have also fallen into the opposition hands.
These are Gombak, Kota Raja, Puchong, Petaling Jaya Utara, Subang, Klang, Kapar
and Kuala Selangor.
While Tanjung Karang incumbent Datuk Noh Omar (BN) retained his seat with a
majority of 3,000 votes, Datuk Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin lost to Pas' Khalid Abd
Samad by a majority of 9,314.
A total of 22 parliamentary seats were contested.
In 2004, Dr Khir led BN to an almost clean sweep in the state. DAP had won the
Sekinchan seat.
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