Pang … I will be moving to Kuala Kubu Baharu.
KUALA KUBU BAHARU: Pakatan Harapan candidate Pang Sock Tao won the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election today with a 3869-vote majority.
Returning officer Yuhanas Auree Kamaruddin said Pang received 14,000.
Perikatan Nasional’s Khairul Azhari Saut received 10,131 votes, Independent Nyau Ke Xin (188) and Parti Rakyat Malaysia Hafizah Zainuddin (152).
Voter turnout was 61.51%, one of the lowest rates in the by-elections held after the 2022 general election.
The KKB constituency in Selangor has 40,226 registered voters.
The seat fell vacant following the death of three-term DAP assemblyman Lee Kee Hiong on March 21 from cancer.
In the Selangor elections last year, Lee beat candidates from PN, PRM and Muda by a majority of 4,119 votes.
MEANWHILE, Pang Sock Tao is now on a mission to find a home here, following her victory in the by-election tonight.
During a press conference at Hulu Selangor Umno headquarters, she said she had been living in the constituency throughout the duration of the poll’s campaign period.
“Throughout the campaign, I have lived here (in Kuala Kubu Baharu). Now, I am finding a home, and I will move here!” she said, and was met with deafening cheers from campaigners and party members here.
As an assemblywoman, she said she would listen to the locals and identify their pain points, vowing to solve them and maintain the people’s welfare.
“I am a representative to all Kuala Kubu Baharu residents, irrespective of race, religion, and political background. – Scoop
