Pakatan Harapan wins both seats
Published on: Sunday, September 09, 2018
Selangor: Pakatan Harapan (PH) retained two state seats in Selangor.In Balakong, DAP's Wong Siew Ki got 22,508 votes, defeating her opponent from MCA, Tan Chee Teong who got 3,975 votes.It was also the first time MCA, one of the three remaining parties that make up the Barisan Nasional, contested an election using its own symbol instead of BN's.
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PH's win in Seri Setia, however, was not as comfortable. PKR's Halimey Abu Bakar, got 13,725 votes, defeating PAS' Dr Halimah Ali who got 9,698, a majority of 4,027 votes.The Seri Setia by-election is the first time the Islamist party and Umno officially declared their alliance in an election. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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