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Balakong

my.selangor.n27 N27 · State assembly · Selangor

N27 Balakong is a state assembly seat in Selangor, last contested in 2023. Ong Chun Wei (DAP, PH) won the state election on 12 Aug 2023 with 54,995 votes, a majority of 37,832.

Results

State election, 12 Aug 2023

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ong Chun Wei wonDAP, PH54,99576.2%
Lai Choon WenBERSATU, PN17,16323.8%

Majority 37,832.

By-election, 08 Sep 2018

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Wong Siew Ki wonDAP22,50885.0%
Tan Chee TeongMCA3,97515.0%

Majority 18,533. Turnout 43.0%: 26,734 ballots from 62,219 voters, 227 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.selangor.n27
Current nameBalakong
Former namesBukit Gasing · Kelana Jaya — also matched, at lower confidence
Last seen2023
Total mentions25
Mentioned as
  • balakong14
  • dun balakong11
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Covered by
  • Berita Harian7
  • Astro Awani5
  • Malaysiakini4
  • Harian Metro2
  • Sinar Harian2
  • Air Times News Network1
…and 4 more outlets.

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