{"id":1499,"date":"2008-03-08T20:36:09","date_gmt":"2008-03-08T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/personal\/2008\/03\/08\/voting-day\/"},"modified":"2008-03-09T12:25:47","modified_gmt":"2008-03-09T04:25:47","slug":"voting-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/poobalan.com\/blog\/borninmalaysia\/2008\/03\/08\/voting-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Voting Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATES:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

12.25PM: This is the end of the 12th Malaysian General Election coverage. A turning point in our country. Maybe Malaysia is getting its independence again after 50 years? All Hail Malaysia 2.0<\/span><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

4.40AM: UNPRECEDENTED 14 INDIANS<\/span><\/strong> will be in Parliment! 9 out of 28 MIC candidates won. Two results still unknown – N43 Permas and N24 Semenyih.<\/p>\n

4.35AM: N44 Tanjong Puteri won by BN beating Subra from PKR. N45 Stulang won by BN beating DAP’s Norman Joseph Fernandez.<\/p>\n

4.30AM: N14 Rawang won by PKR. Independent candidate Chandrasegaran lost.<\/p>\n

4.26AM: BN-137, DAP-28, PKR-31, PAS-23 (total=82). 219 seats known, 3 seats no result yet.<\/strong><\/span>
\n4.14AM: PKR Khalid to meet Sultan Selangor soon. DAP’s Teng to be named deputy CM.<\/p>\n

4.11AM: The STAR just updated that opposition has taken 76 seats, which means 2\/3 majority HAS BEEN DENIED<\/span><\/strong>. The opposition may take as high as 37% of the parliment seats.<\/p>\n

4.07AM: News coverage has mellowed on TV. So unofficially, BN denied 2\/3 majority. Selangor and Perak state results still not officially announced. Kedah may see a very thin majority. Many things unanswered. What is for sure is that Samy Vellu’s time is up.<\/p>\n

3.58AM: BN-127 seats, Opposition-74 (The Star). BN-135, Opposition -67 (BH). BN-134, Opposition-75 (SPR). <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.50AM: out of 64 parliment and state seats contested by Indian candidates – either BN, opposition or independents, 19 were lost, 5 still unknown while the rest (40) were won. Out of 19 lost, 7 were from BN, 9 from opposition, and 3 were independents. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.47AM: N41 Puteri Wangsa, BN beat Selvakumaran (PKR).<\/p>\n

3.44AM: Xavier Jayakumar (PKR) beat Kamala Ganapathy for N49 Seri Andalas by 10K++ majority. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.41AM: N24 Hulu Kinta won by Ayyathorai (PKR). N42 Tualang Sekah lost by PKR’s Nadarajah to BN. N46 Chenderiang won by MCA beating Arjunan (PKR)<\/p>\n

3.40AM: N35 Batu Uban won by PKR’s Raveenthran.<\/p>\n

3.39AM: N25 Bukit Selambau sees independent Arumugam beating MIC’s Krishnan. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.36AM: MIC left with three people<\/strong><\/span> in Parliment: Saravanan, Subramaniam and Devamany. Who will be minister?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.35AM: N56 Sungai Pelek, won by BN beating DAP’s Sivanathan.<\/p>\n

3.33AM: N22 Gurun won by BN beating Kalai Vanan from PKR.<\/p>\n

3.31AM: N9 Bagan Dalam won by DAP’s Thanasegaran who beat MIC’s Suppaiyah.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.28AM: PKR wins N34 Lunas over MIC candidate Ananthan.<\/p>\n

3.26AM: BN 133, DAP 26, PKR 24, PAS 21.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.24AM: Kulasegaran (DAP) wins P65 Ipoh Barat. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3.23AM: Saravanan (BN) wins Tapah. <\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

3.20AM: Dr Vasan (BN) lost to PAS in N51 Pasir Panjang.<\/span><\/p>\n

3.19AM: Kesavan (DAP) wins N54 Hutan Melintang beating Thangaswary from BN.<\/p>\n

3.17AM: N30 Buntong won by Sivakumar (DAP) while N33 Tronoh won by Sivakumar (DAP).<\/p>\n

3.16AM: Gobind Singh (DAP) wins P130 Puchong.<\/p>\n

3.08AM: MIC Mohan loses Batu Caves to PKR by 3639 votes.<\/p>\n

3.06AM: N6 Kuala Kubu Baru won by BN, defeating Annamalai Ramu (PKR).<\/p>\n

3.05AM: Parthiban loses in Bukit Melawati by 297 votes! PKR’s Muthiah wins.
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3.00AM: Kanageswary (PKR) loses N7 Gadek (Malacca)<\/p>\n

2.59AM: N22 Rahang won by Arumugam from DAP.<\/p>\n

2.54AM: Correction: BN has not achieved 2\/3 yet. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.49AM: DAP’s Gunasekaran wins N24 Senawang state seat.
\n2.47AM: Rajagopalu (MIC head) loses N32 Port Dickson seat by 733 votes to PKR’s Ravy.<\/p>\n

2.37AM: trio of Bung Mokhtar (Kinabatangan), Raja Idris, and Azmi (Seri Gading) all win. Expect more colorful parliment sessions.<\/p>\n

2.36AM: KEDAH not confirmed to be in opposition hand. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.35AM: MIC’s Davendran wins again in Sabai state seat, Pahang beating Kamache of DAP.<\/p>\n

2.33AM: Annuar Musa loses in Ketereh. Bernard Dompok wins.<\/p>\n

2.29AM: BN gets 2\/3 seats. 148 out of 222 won. Opposition is at 72 – unverified.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.28AM: PAS non-muslim candidate Kumutha loses in Tiram state seat by 8K+ majority.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.24AM: Selangor CONFIRM lost. Khir Toyo to be opposition leader. No more brooms. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.23AM: Opposition needs 7 more seats to deny 2\/3 majority. BN needs ONE more to make 2\/3. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2.19AM: Deputy Minister Hilmi Yahya loses parliment seat. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.15AM: Sothinathan loses Teluk Kemang to PKR in 3-cornered fight. Komala Devi loses Kapar to Manickavasagam.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.07AM: Independent candidate Saraswathy loses in N31 Jelapang state seat. Won by DAP.<\/p>\n

2.05AM: EC chairman announces BN wins simple majority,<\/span><\/strong> thus winning the election. Reporter asks how many seats opposition won, EC chairman says “i don’t know. Later la. This is announcement of winner”.<\/p>\n

2.03AM: Aziz Shamsudin loses in Shah Alam!!! <\/span><\/p>\n

2.00AM: Zainal Abidin Zain (BN) also lost in Bagan Serai.<\/p>\n

1.59AM: Deputy Minister Fu Ah Kiow (BN) loses in Kuantan.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.58AM: Perak supposed to fall. But SPR computer problem, announcement delayed.<\/p>\n

1.54PM: BN-132, PAS-21, PKR-12,DAP-29. BN needs 14 more to form 2\/3. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.53AM: Gobalakrishnan wins P17 Padang Serai parliment seat. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.52AM: Jagdeep Singh wins N29 Dato Keramat seat in Penang.<\/p>\n

1.43AM: BN-124, PAS-19, PKR-11, DAP-28. Opposition need less than 20 seats more to deny 2\/3 majority.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.42AM: MIC’s Subramaniam (Segamat) and Devamany (Cameron Highlands) still around. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.41AM: Vigneswaran (BN – Kota Raja parliment seat) losses to PAS (!) by 20K++ majority! <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.39AM: BN retains Terengganu with 2-seat majority. So, BN holds Perlis, Malacca, NS, Johor, Pahang, and Terengganu so far.<\/p>\n

1.38AM: Mahathir’s son Mukhriz wins Jerlun seat with 2K++ majority.<\/p>\n

1.37AM: Lim Kit Siang wins again in Ipoh Timur.<\/p>\n

1.36AM: Fong Po Kuan (DAP) wins Batu Gajah again.<\/p>\n

1.33AM: Blogger Jeff Ooi goes to Parliment! First in the world. Malaysia Boleh, with style too – 16K majority in Jelutong! <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.20AM: BN can lose 2\/3 majority. Opposition expected to win 75-76 seats. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1.10AM: Most ministers got through. So far Samy Vellu, Kavyeas, Shahrizat, Tan Chai Ho, Zainuddin Mydin are out. Rest managed to win.<\/p>\n

1.01AM: Lim Guan Eng to be next Penang CM.<\/p>\n

12.57AM: Palanivel loses to PKR by 145 votes (Hulu Selangor parliment seat). <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12.51AM: Jamaluddin Jarjis (BN) wins Rompin.<\/p>\n

12.50AM: old lady Maimun loses deposit.<\/p>\n

12.47AM: Lembah Pantai result not expected to change. Just technical problem. Nurul Izzah to remain winner. Periasamy gets 489 votes only.<\/strong><\/span>
\n12.45AM: Murukasvary (BN) wins N33 Tenggaroh.<\/p>\n

12.43AM: Tengku Razali wins in Gua Musang. Johari Baharom wins in Kubang Pasu.<\/p>\n

12.39AM: The Star still lagging in report. Now only publish Badawi’s win and also Perlis govt formed.<\/p>\n

12.37AM: Sivanesan (DAP) beats Veerasingam (MIC) in N57 Sungai, Perak state seat.
\n12.35AM: BN retains Perlis, Terengganu, Negri Sembilan, and Malacca. Opposition takes Kedah, Penang, and Selangor, while retains Kelantan.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12.33AM: Bagan won by Lim Guan Eng (DAP).<\/p>\n

12.30AM: HOT NEWS: SELANGOR WON BY OPPOSITION!!!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12.29AM: Wan Azizah retains Permatang Pauh with 13K majority.<\/p>\n

12.28AM: John Fernandez (DAP) wins Seremban parliment seat.<\/p>\n

12.21AM: N59 Behrang, Perak state seat. MIC’s Ramasamy loses to PKR by 1000++ votes.<\/p>\n

12.20AM: BN forms government in Perlis with simple majority. <\/span><\/p>\n

12.19AM: another 14 boxes found not counted in Lembah Pantai. Shahrizat still have chance.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12.12AM: BN-55, DAP-10, PAS-5, PKR-6.<\/p>\n

12.11AM: Bukit Gantang sees UMNO treasurer losing. PAS wins. Independent candidate Morgan loses.<\/p>\n

12.03AM: PKR’s Khalid Ibrahim wins “back” Ijok state seat, plus Bandar Tun Razak parliment seat.<\/p>\n

12.02AM: Sungai Siput recount. Samy Vellu still lost by 1824 votes.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11.57PM: Tian Chua trashes Lim Keng Yaik’s son by 9450++ majority in Batu parliment seat .<\/p>\n

11.56PM: KLANG Parliment and state seats all fall to opposition. Roselina the daugther in law of Zakaria (Palace saga!) lost to PKR in 3-cornered fight in Port Klang. Ronnie wins Pandaraman, while Manoharan wins Kota Alam Shah. Charles Santiago won Klang parliment seat.<\/p>\n

11.53PM: DAP wins Kota Melaka by bigger majority.<\/p>\n

11.52PM: Looks like BN’s majority seats coming from Sarawak, Sabah, Malacca, and Johor.<\/p>\n

11.51PM: Karpal Singh wins P51 Gelugor with 21K majority. Kota Kinabalu won by DAP!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

11.50PM: Theresa Kok’s majority is 36K++, possibly the biggest.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11.45PM: Samy Vellu not accepting results. Problem in Sg Siput. Results not announced there yet, even though out on TV.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

11.42PM: State Seat Prai N16 won by Prof Dr Ramasamy by 5176 votes. He wins both Parliment and state seat by beating Gerakan leader, and also winning 3 cornered fight!<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

11.41PM: Titiwangsa parliment seat still unsure. Bernama reporting Dr Lo Lo (PAS) win, but SPR showed earlier BN won.<\/p>\n

11.36PM: Khir Toyo wins in Selangor state seat.<\/p>\n

11.33PM: Asojan (BN) wins N9 Gambir seat in Johor by 2400++ majority.<\/p>\n

11.25PM: Bernama TV says Hishamuddin should reflect on why his majority dropped from 16k to 11k. <\/span><\/p>\n

11.24PM: BN can form government in Malacca after gaining simple majority.<\/p>\n

11.23PM: N7 Jeram Padang won by MIC candidate Mogan.<\/p>\n

11.18PM: SPR still updating their website. Very slow as compared to real-time on TV.<\/p>\n

11.17PM: Muhyiddin Yassin (BN) wins again Pagoh.<\/p>\n

11.15PM: Badawi accepts defeat in several areas. He says “said that this is how democracy works, and urged people to remain calm and not to celebrate in the streets”. <\/span><\/p>\n

11.08PM: TV3 says HINDRAF accuses Kerajaan MELAYU (I thought this is Kerajaan Malaysia) mengamalkan “ethnic cleansing”. Now picking on Indians. I thought Hindraf is nobody and just 5 people now in detention? <\/span><\/p>\n

11.07PM: Bad News: Khairy won in Rembau. Its going to be a busy parliment for next 5 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

11.06PM: TV3 blaming the Chinese for loss. Keeping on repeating the Chinese are not “terpinggir” and are the richest. Why are they picking on the Chinese?ka<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

11.05PM: RSN Rayer (DAP) wins N32 Seri Delima state seat in Penang.<\/p>\n

11.02PM: Titiwangsa recount<\/span>. BN wins back with 1K++ majority.<\/p>\n

10.59PM: Badawi wins with lower majority of 11k. 2004 was 18K. Najib wins with 26K majority.<\/p>\n

10.53PM: T Mohan (MIC) have to wait for another 5 years. He lost in Batu Caves.<\/p>\n

10.50PM: Kedah falls to new government. PAS and PKR can form new government with 22 out of 36 seats won so far.<\/span><\/p>\n

10.48PM: N31 Kahang, Vidynanthan (MIC) wins by 5k+ majority.<\/p>\n

10.47PM: Palanivel wins slim in Hulu Selangor.<\/p>\n

10.45PM: Komala Devi loses in Kapar, Manickavasagam (PKR) overturns 13k++ majority.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

10.37PM: MCA chief Ong Ka Ting wins in Kulai. Kavyeas loses in Taiping!<\/span><\/p>\n

10.36PM: Zainuddin Mydin OUT!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10.34PM: Charles Santiago (DAP) wins Klang beating MCA<\/span>. PAS wins Titiwangsa while PKR wins Bandar Tun Razak!<\/p>\n

10.23PM: Unverified news. SA Vigneswaran’s gang attacked people after losing, taken away by police. NOT CONFIRMED. <\/span><\/p>\n

10.21PM: JUST CONFIRMED. Hindraf ISA Detainee Manoharan wins by big majority 7184 over Gerakan candidate! Kota Alam Shah N48, in Klang falls to DAP.<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

10.20PM: DAP’s Veerapan wins N36 Repah state seat in NS.<\/p>\n

10.10PM: TV3 is inciting racial hatred by saying voting against UMNO is vote against the Malays. The speaker is being racists and trying to raise sentiments against Chinese by using DAP.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

10.09PM: Keshvinder Singh (DAP) wins Malim Nawar.<\/p>\n

10.07PM: Koh Tsu Koon lost Batu Kawan seat to Prof P Ramasamy (DAP) by 9000++ votes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

10.06PM: Opposition asks members to be CALM. IGP issues warning against SMS on racial riots.<\/p>\n

10.05PM: DAP’s Manogaran wins P76 Teluk Intan (1k++ majority).<\/p>\n

10.02PM: Nurul Izzah (PKR) wins over Shahrizat. Gobind Singh (DAP) wins Puchong. Charles Santiago (DAP) wins Klang!<\/p>\n

9.58PM: SAMY VELLU LOST!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

9.57PM: Nilai and Temiang in NS won by DAP. Tan Giap Siaw wins Kepong.<\/p>\n

9.42PM: N10 Asahan seat (Malacca) won by MIC BN candidate Perumal<\/p>\n

9.32PM: Confirmed by his campaign team. Manoharan won Kota Alam Shah<\/span> state seat (that’s where I voted!). Gerakan’s “Chinese vote for Chinese” call gets both thumbs down. Big slap for Gerakan!<\/p>\n

9.10PM: Kajang, Serdang, Seri Kembangan taken by opposition – unofficial news.<\/p>\n

9.08PM: MIC candidates Mohan, Saravanan, Kamala, Komala and Murugesan losing.<\/p>\n

Mahen in Sg Siput just called to say PSM candidate Dr Jeyakumar is leading at 8.30pm. More updates will be posted as I get the news.<\/p>\n

Btw, looks like MK has better coverage compared to Star and NST. So far seats in Sabah and Sarawak are being won by BN EXCEPT Bandar Kuching taken by DAP.<\/p>\n

Btw, surprised to see that RTM2 showing Ghajini and Mozhi tamil movies today afternoon! After so many years, there’s not ONE, but TWO tamil movies on a Saturday afternoon!!! Wonder why?<\/p>\n

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I started the day with an important event – getting the key for new house. After a brief visit to the house, we shot off to Klang.Klang was quiet at 1.00pm. according to the SPR officer I talked to at SM Convent Klang, the crowd was trickling in. I settled my duty in 5 minutes. No marks in pencil were found on the ballot papers.Next stop was Morib. Along the way, we saw few polling centres which were more lively compared to Klang. In front of Klang GH, Teluk Panglima Garang, SJKT Sg Sedu etc. were all quite crowded.Reached SK Morib, where Then and her brother cast their votes. The PAS counter were quite active and entertained them well.Next was back to Shah Alam for another important event – which will be revealed in good time. Then finally gets her dream realised. :)On the way back, saw the polling centre in Section 17 Shah Alam – also lively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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