Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said Barisan Nasional (BN) need not be disappointed with the result of the Manik Urai by-election.

PAS: 5,348; UMNO 5,283, majority, 65.

Contrary to PAS earlier expectations of a 2,000 vote margin, unofficial reports indicate PAS candidate Mohd Fauzi Abdullah has won but only by a wafer-thin margin.

Barisan Nasional (BN) today (14 July) called on the Election Commission (EC) to tighten the monitoring and supervision of elections, especially at polling stations to prevent untoward incident.

About 87.33 percent or 10,736 out of 12,293 voters cast their votes in the Manik Urai state by-election, polling of which was closed at 5 p.m. today (14 July).

Manik Urai suddenly becomes the location of a very important by-election!

Police arrested a PAS supporter believed to be involved in the stone-throwing incident which injured two Puteri UMNO members at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Peria polling station here.

Several PAS supporters used nasty and provocative language on Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin when the deputy prime minister made a tour of six polling districts today in the Manik Urai state by-election.

Some 76.2 percent or 9,359 of 12,293 voters have cast their votes in the Manik Urai state by-election as of 1pm, Election Commission chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said.

Polling for the Manik Urai state by-election is now underway in nine polling centres.
The centres, which comprise 27 polling streams, were opened from 8 a.m. this morning (14 July).