2002 Ketari by-election

2002 Ketari by-election
1 April 2002
N20 Ketari seat in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Turnout12,251
  BN DAP
Candidate Yum Ah Ha Choong Siew Onn
Party GERAKAN DAP
Alliance BN Barisan Alternatif
Popular vote 7,153 6,732
Percentage 58.39% 49.47%
MLA before election

Loke Koon Kam
BN (GERAKAN)

Elected MLA

Yum Ah Ha
BN (GERAKAN)

The 2002 Ketari by-election was a by-election that was held on 1 April 2002 for the Pahang State Legislative Assembly seat of Ketari. It was called following the death of its Barisan Nasional assemblyman Loke Koon Kam on 3 March 2002.[1][2] Loke won the seat on 1999 Malaysian state elections against Choong Siew Onn of Democratic Action Party with a majority of 231.[3]

Yum Ah Ha of Barisan Nasional retain the seat against DAP Choong Siew Onn with a 10 times increase in majority of 2,204 votes.[4]

Nomination

On nomination day, Barisan Nasional nominated chairmen of GERAKAN Ketari division, Yum Ah Ha.[5] DAP nominated Choong Siew Onn for the third straight time.[6]

Results

Pahang state by-election, 1 April 2002: Ketari
upon the death of incumbent Loke Koon Kam
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Yum Ah Ha 7,153 58.39
DAP Choong Siew Onn 4,949 40.40
Total valid votes 12,102 98.78
Total rejected ballots 149 1.22
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 12,251 71.48
Registered electors 15,759
Majority 2,204 17.99
BN hold Swing


References

  1. ^ "'Dont' recruit members from other BN parties'". New Straits Times. 2002-03-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  2. ^ "'Kiler blows' tactics backfire on DAP". New Straits Times. 2002-04-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  3. ^ Laporan pilihanraya umum Malaysia 2002 [Report of the general election Malaysia 2002] (Report) (in Malay). Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya Malaysia. 2002.
  4. ^ "Barisan Nasional retains Ketari with 10-fold increase in majority". New Straits Times. 2002-04-01. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  5. ^ "Keng Yaik expects tough fight in Ketari by-election". New Straits Times. 2002-03-11. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  6. ^ "Choong bitter about suffering third straight loss". New Straits Times. 2002-04-01. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
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