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Sungai Balang

my.johor.n16 N16 · State assembly · Johor

N16 Sungai Balang is a state assembly seat in Johor, last contested in 2026. Selamat Takim (UMNO) won the state election on 11 Jul 2026 with 13,908 votes, a majority of 8,926.

Results

State election, 11 Jul 2026

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Selamat Takim wonUMNO13,90860.8%
Ayna Soraya BadaruddinPKR4,98221.8%
Muhammad Amin Sailan @ SazaliPAS3,98017.4%

Majority 8,926. Turnout 74.4%: 23,082 ballots from 31,039 voters, 185 rejected.

State election, 12 Mar 2022

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Selamat Takim wonUMNO8,29445.6%
Zainudin SayutiPPBM6,00133.0%
Abdullah SahidPKR3,57619.6%
Intan Nadira Shafika Mustafa Kamal @ Mohd NajibPEJUANG3291.8%

Majority 2,293. Turnout 61.5%: 18,531 ballots from 30,121 voters, 331 rejected.

Source: Election Commission of Malaysia (SPR). Figures from GE15 (November 2022) on are SPR's own, read from dashboard.spr.gov.my; earlier contests are SPR's published results as held in our records.

Canonical idmy.johor.n16
Current nameSungai Balang
Former namesMaharani — also matched, at lower confidence
Last seen2026
Total mentions17
Mentioned as
  • dun sungai balang8
  • Sungai Balang8
  • kerusi sungai balang1
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Covered by
  • MalaysiaGazette4
  • facebook.com4
  • Berita PAS2
  • Suara Keadilan2
  • Facebook1
  • Malaysia Tribune1
…and 3 more outlets.

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