The 2024 Sungai Bakap by-election was a by-election for the

Penang State Legislative Assembly The Penang State Legislative Assembly is the legislature of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is a unicameral institution, consisting of a total of 40 elected lawmakers representing single-member constituencies throughout Penang. The state legis ...

seat of

Sungai Bakap The South Seberang Perai District ( ms, Daerah Seberang Perai Selatan; abbreviated "SPS") is a district in Penang, Malaysia. It covers an area of 242 square kilometres, and had a population of 162,905 at the 2010 Census. The district is bordered b ...

that was held on 6 July 2024. It was called following the death of incumbent,

Nor Zamri Latiff Nor Zamri bin Latiff (24 September 1968 – 24 May 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Bakap from August 2023 to his death in office in May 2024. He was a member and Div ...

on 24 May 2024 due to gastritis. Nor Zamri has served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Sungai Bakap since 2023. It is the first Penang state by-election since the 2023 Penang state election. Abidin Ismail of

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coalition was pr ...

(PN) defeated Joohari Ariffin of

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the r ...

(PH) by a significantly increased majority of 4,267 votes compared to the one won by Nor Zamri in the 2023 state election.

Nomination

On 12 June 2024,

(PH) and its component party the People's Justice Party (PKR), representing the government, announced its candidate, Joohari Ariffin, who was making his electoral debut in the election.

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 se ...

(BN), one of the major political coalitions working with PH to form the

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at the

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and

Penang state Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay P ...

levels, agreed to actively campaign for the PH candidate. Three days later on 15 June 2024,

(PN) and its component party the

Malaysian Islamic Party The Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS; ms, Parti Islam Se-Malaysia; ms, ڤرتي إسلام سمليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is an Islamist political party in Malaysia. As the party focused on Islamic fundamentalism, PAS's ...

(PAS), defending the seat in the election, named Nibong Tebal PAS vice chairman Abidin Ismail, who was also contesting in an election for the first time, as its candidate. Both Joohari and Abidin were officially nominated on Nomination Day on 22 June 2024. The election saw a straight fight between them as no other candidates were nominated.

Timeline

The key dates are listed below.

Results

Previous results

References

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