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Bakar Arang

my.kedah.n28 N28 · State assembly · Kedah

N28 Bakar Arang is a state assembly seat in Kedah, last contested in 2023. Loh Wei Chai (PKR, PH) won the state election on 12 Aug 2023 with 21,889 votes, a majority of 3,683.

Results

State election, 12 Aug 2023

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Loh Wei Chai wonPKR, PH21,88954.4%
Tai Kuang TeeGERAKAN, PN18,20645.3%
Tan Kee ChyePRM1380.3%

Majority 3,683.

State election, 09 May 2018

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ooi Tze Min wonPKR, PH18,44058.2%
Othman Che MeePAS, GS7,60724.0%
Ko Hung WengMCA, BN5,54717.5%
Tan Kee ChyePRM580.2%
Tan Hock HuatIndependent290.1%

Majority 10,833. Turnout 82.3%: 32,072 ballots from 38,991 voters, 391 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.kedah.n28
Current nameBakar Arang
Former namesBandar Baharu — also matched, at lower confidence
Last seen2023
Total mentions8
Mentioned as
  • bakar arang5
  • dun bakar arang2
  • adun bakar arang1
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Covered by
  • Utusan Malaysia2
  • malaysiagazette.com2
  • Berita Harian1
  • Kosmo Online1
  • Malaysiakini1
  • Suara Keadilan1

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