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DAP : 18, PKR: 7, PAS: 6
Total: 31
UMNO: 27, MCA: 1
Total: 28
DAP-PKR-PAS forms goverment with simple majority.
DAP should take CM with PKR Deputy. However news reports indicate PAS will be given CM post.
Perak coalition Govt nominates Pas representative as Menteri Besar
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IPOH, SUN:
PAS, DAP and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is set to form a coalition government in Perak, have agreed to nominate Perak PAS Liaison Secretary Ir Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin as Menteri Besar. Mohammad Nizar, who won the Pasir Panjang state seat, comfirmed to Bernama here that the decision was made by leaders of the three parties early today.
“The agreement was based on the spirit of cooperation among the three parties, which want to set up a coalition government in Perak,” he said when contacted regarding the choice of Perak Menteri Besar. He said that the oath taking ceremony would be held as soon as the Regent of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah gave his consent.
PAS won six state seats, DAP 18 and PKR seven to garner 31 seats compared with the Barisan Nasional’s (BN) 28 seats in the 12th general election. In the 2004 election, the BN won 52 of the 59 state states with DAP taking seven. PAS which contested in 21 state seats won Pasir Panjang, Titi Serong, Gunung Semanggol, Selinsing, Lubuk Merbau and Changkat Jong. PKR captured Hutan Melintang, Behrang, Kuala Kurau, Kuala Sepetang, Simpang Pulai, Teja and Changkat Jering out of 20 seats it contested. DAP swept clean the 18 state seats it contested namely Jelapang, Pantai Remis, Sitiawan, Bercham, Buntong, Pasir Pinji, Aulong, Pokok Assam, Canning Garden, Pasir Bedamar, Sungkai, Jalong, Tebing Tinggi, Kepayang, Menglembu, Tronoh, Keranji and Malim Nawar.
The opposition pact in Perak also won 11 parliamentary seats while BN 13. PAS candidates chosen as state assemblymen were Dr Khalil Idham Lim Abdullah (Titi Serong), Ramli Tusin (Gunung Semanggol, Husin Din (Selinsing), Mohd Zainuddin Mohd Yusof (Lubok Merbau) and Mohd Anuar Sudin (Changkat Jong).
The DAP candidate who won was DAP Perak chairman Ngeh Koo Ham, the incumbent for Sitiawan state seat who also won the Beruas parliamentary seat while DAP Perak Youth head who captured the Taiping parliamentarys seat, also retained the Pantai Remis state seat.
The agreement to set up the alliance of three parties was jointly announced at a press conference by the state chairmen of the respective parties at the DAP headquarters here early this morning.
The results on the last two seats, which enabled the alliance to form the state government, were announced at 4.30am by the Election Commission. Ngeh thanked the people of Perak who voted for them. Perak PAS Commissioner Ahmad Awang said that after being ruled by the BN for 50 years, the rakyat wanted to see a change. The new government would prove to the BN that it was much better, fair and transparent and would not the neglect the people’s interest, he said.
Ahmad did not contest in the election while Perak PKR chairman Zulkifly Ibrahim lost in the Bukit Chandan state seat. Zulkifly said that the election results indicated a message from the rakyat who wanted to see the three parties united. “We will strive to solve the rakyat’s problems as promised,” he said.
Meanwhile Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali has yet to make any statement to the media and was still at his official residence. Tajol Rosli retained his Pengkalan Hulu state seat obtaining 6,769 votes defeating PKR candidate Lee Sing Long who obtained 2,124 votes.
Opposition wins Perak by a mere three seats
IPOH: The Barisan Nasional lost Perak to the Opposition by three seats. The Opposition won 31 seats against the Barisan’s 28 after the final count last night.
The DAP was the biggest winner in the Opposition coalition, sweeping all 18 state seats it contested in Perak – an addition of 11 seats to the seven it won in the 2004 general election. The 11 are Pokok Assam, Aulong, Jalong, Canning, Buntong, Bercham, Kepayang, Tronoh, Pantai Remis, Malim Nawar and Sungkai.
PKR won seven of the 20 state seats it contested. The seats are Kuala Kurau, Kuala Sapetang, Changkat Jering, Simpang Pulai, Teja, Hutan Melintang and Behrang.
Of the 21 state seats that PAS contested, the Islamist party won in Titi Serong, Gunong Semanggol, Selinsing, Lubok Merbau, Pasir Panjang and Changkat Jong.
Umno won 27 of the 34 state seats it contested in Perak. MCA’s Dr Mah Hang Soon won in Chenderiang – the only victory in the 16 state seats the party contested.Gerakan and MIC lost all their seats while the lone PPP candidate Datuk Lee Heng was also a casualty.
The Opposition also won 11 of the total 24 parliamentary seats in Perak.The DAP claimed Ipoh Timor, Ipoh Barat, Batu Gajah, Beruas, Taiping and Teluk Intan, while the PKR grabbed Sungai Siput, Gopeng and Bagan Serai. Parit Buntar and Bukit Gantang went to PAS.
Umno won eight of the 11 parliamentary seats it contested. MCA triumphed in Tanjong Malim, Kampar and Lumut. MIC’s sole survivor M. Saravanan took Tapah while Gerakan Wanita chief Datuk Tan Lian Hoe clinched Gerik for the coalition.
Among the big-name Barisan casualties were MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu who lost in Sungai Siput to PKR challenger Dr Michael Jeyakumar Devaraj, PPP president Datuk M. Kayveas who was beaten in Taiping by the DAP’s Nga Kor Ming, Gerakan vice-president Datuk Chang Ko Youn, Gerakan Youth chief Datuk Mah Siew Keong, and deputy MCA Youth chief Datuk Ling Hee Leong.
Opposition wins in Perak
By : M. Husairy Othman
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IPOH: The opposition looks set to form the state government in Perak as the Barisan Nasional suffered shock losses, including MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu in Sungai Siput and PPP president Datuk M. Kayveas in Taiping. At press time, unofficial reports showed that the opposition won 30 state seats compared to the coalition’s 29. There are 59 state seats in Perak.
Samy Vellu was reported to have lost his parlimentary seat to Dr D. Jeyakumar by a majority of 1,821 votes, while Kayveas was defeated by DAP’s Nga Kor Ming by 11,298 votes.
Umno suffered several major setbacks in the party’s traditional strongholds, while most MCA, MIC, PPP and Gerakan candidates were defeated by DAP candidates.
It was a repeat of the 2004 nightmare for MCA as the party failed to wrest the Ipoh Barat parliamentary seat and lost several state seats. In 2004, the Ipoh Barat, Ipoh Timor and Batu Gajah parliamentary seats and the Pasir Pinji, Jelapang, Menglembu, Pantai Remis, Keranji and Sitiawan state seats went to DAP.
At press time, MCA candidates were said to be hard hit in several urban Chinese-dominated seats. MCA lost the Kepayang, Ber-cham, Buntong, Tebing Tinggi and Pasir Pinji state seats to DAP. The party was said to have also lost the Pokok Assam state seat. It won four parliamentary and 10 state seats in the 2004 elections.
For the Gerakan, its biggest single casualty was state chairman Datuk Chang Ko Youn who was defeated by DAP’s Ngeh Koo Ham in Beruas by 1, 500 votes. The party’s youth chief Datuk Mah Siew Keong was reported to have lost to DAP candidate M. Manogaran in the fight for the Teluk Intan parliamentary seat. As expected, the MIC candidate for Pasir Panjang, Datuk Dr S. Vasan, lost to Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin of PAS.
DAP has strengthened its position in Perak from the previous three parliamentary and seven state seats to six and 12 respectively.
As for Umno, the feeling on the ground is that most of its candidates will make it, albeit with reduced majorities. In 2004, Umno won in all the 34 state seats it contested. Overall, the coalition won 52 out of 59 state seats and 21 out of 24 parliamentary seats. At press time, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohd Tajol Rosli Ghazali was yet to address the large crowd gathered at his official residence.
