Elections 2008 Results Update

THREE BN LEADERS SUFFER SHOCK DEFEATS

MIC president S. Samy Vellu of BN lost to PKR's Dr D. Jeyakumar Devaraj in Sungei Siput, Perak. Jeyakumar won by a majority of 1,821 votes.
Gerakan acting president and outgoing chief minister Dr Koh Tsu Koon of BN lost to DAP¡¦s Prof Dr P. Ramasamays by 9,485 votes in Batu Kawan, Penang.

PPP President Datuk M. Kayveas lost to Nga Kor Ming of DAP by 2,172 votes in Taiping, Perak.

PKR PRESIDENT DR WAN AZIZAH RETAINS SEAT WITH MASSIVE MAJORITY IN PENANG

Dr Azizah who won by ony a 590 vote majority in 2004, beats UMNO¡¦s former National Mosque imam Pirdaus Ismail by a massive 13,388 vote majorioty this time around.

PRIME MINISTER WINS WITH SMALLER MAJORITY

Pak Lah beats PAS Subri Mohd Arshad by a reduced majority of 11,246 in Kepala Batas, Penang.

DAP'S LIM KIT SIANG WINS IN IPOH TIMOR

DAP adviser and Opposition leader Lim Kit Siang won the Ipoh Timor parliamentary seat by beating Liew Mun Hon of BN with a majority of 21,942 seats.

PKR'S TIAN CHUA WINS IN BATU

Tian Chua won the Batu parliamentary seat by beating former Gerakan president Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik's son, Lim Si Pin of the BN by 9,455 votes.

MySinchew 2008.03.08