JOHOR BARU – After a two-week-long campaign period, Johor voters are just now a few hours away from finding out the winners and losers of the state election as polling stations closed at 6pm.
The race for 56 seats is an interesting affair as Election Commission (EC) officers begin to tabulate votes across some 1,021 polling stations erected for today’s polls.
A total of 239 candidates across 15 political parties, including independent candidates, are contesting in the polls, with seven three-cornered fights, 35 four-cornered fights, eight five-cornered fights, four six-cornered fights, and two seven-cornered fights.
There are a total of 2,539,606 individuals who are eligible to cast their votes today, out of the 2,597,742 registered voters. For the first time in history, youths aged 18 to 21 will be able to cast their votes, with a total of 779,000 youth voters added to the electoral roll in Johor.
According to the EC, some 36,729 postal ballot papers were issued for the election, with 18,625 votes cast on March 8 during early voting by policemen, soldiers and their spouses.
Barisan Nasional (BN) are expecting to repeat their success from the recent Melaka election where they managed to obtain a two-thirds majority after winning 21 out of the 28 seats contested.
Opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan had said they are banking on a high voter turnout to give BN a run for their money – to possibly replicate their 2018 victory in Johor.
Polling centres with one or two channels will be closed earlier as gazetted, namely Balai Raya Pulau Besar in Mersing, which closed at 11am; SK Pulau Pemanggil, Mersing which closed at 1pm, while 15 polling centres will close at 2pm, and 41 others at 4pm.
As of 4pm, the EC announced a 50% voter turnout.
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11.28pm: PH is set to defend the Stulang seat, with its DAP candidate Chen Kah Eng currently leading with 9,244 votes.
His closest contender, BN’s Ang Boon Heng, has 8,218 votes, with 84 of the 111 streams accounted for.
11.26pm: BN’s Datuk Najib Samuri and PH’s Aminolhuda Hassan are in a close fight in Parit Yaani (N.21) with 8,813 and 8,540 votes respectively. Datuk Seri Najib Razak has a slim majority of 273 votes after 73 out of 77 streams were tallied.
11.24pm: Amanah’s deputy president Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub has an edge over PN’s Zarul Salleh with a 1,901-majority after 62 out of 69 streams were tallied.
11.11pm: BN’s Mohd Hairi Mad Shah has wrested Larkin (N44) after securing 16,053 votes. The candidate with the second-highest support was PN’s Zulkifli Bujang who gained 9,875 votes.
11.09pm: Johor PKR women’s chief Napsiah Khamis is closer to defeat in Kempas (N27) as BN’s Ramlee Bohani has secured a majority of 3,345 votes. This comes as 90 out of 108 streams were counted.
11.00pm: Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan claims that Johor Umno Youth chief Hairi Mad Shah has won the Larkin seat. He also says PKR Johor Wanita chief Napsiah Khamis Maharan has lost the Kempas seat.
10.57pm: Lack of social distancing is seen at BN Comms centre.
The celebrations have begun at the BN camp as supporters stand extremely close to one another while singing "Inilah Barisan Kita".
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10.52pm: BN has failed to challenge the result of the Bukit Batu seat. According to PKR lawyer Asheeq Ali, the Election Commission rejected BN’s request for a recount.
Therefore, the seat will go to Arthur Chiong Sen Sern who won with a slim majority of over 100 votes.
10.42pm: Prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has congratulated Barisan Nasional for winning the Johor elections.
In a brief Facebook post, the Bera MP sends his gratitude to voters, party leadership, and campaign machinery for securing BN’s win.
10.35pm: Pandak Ahmad of BN wins the Kota Iskandar (N49) seat, defeating Dzulkefly Ahmad with a 4,800-vote majority.
PN’s Samsudin Ismail comes in third place with 12,644 votes while Pejuang’s Zaini Abu Bakar garnered 1,624 votes.
Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s Arangkannal Rajoo garnered 965 votes.
In Permas (N43), BN leads comfortably with 23,187 votes going to Baharudin Mohamed Taib. PN’s Tazul Arifin Nasri comes in second place with 15,248 votes while PH’s Syed Othman garnered 14,325 votes.
10:19pm: Official results – Perikatan Nasional has won the Endau seat with a 3,041-majority vote.
Its candidate Alwiyah Talib garnered 8,433 votes.
In the five-cornered fight, BN’s Youzaimi secured 5,392 votes, Pakatan Harapan’s Mohammad (1,154), Pejuang’s Mohd Noorhisham Ibrahim (145) and Independent candidate Ismail Don (77).
10.10pm: A crowd of BN supporters chant “Bubar Parlimen” as Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob enters BN command centre in Johor Baru.
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10:09pm: Official results – BN’s Norlizah wins Johor Lama with 6,039-vote majority, says the Election Commission.
Johor Lama (N37)
Norlizah Noh (Barisan Nasional): 12,171 votes;
Alias Rasman (Perikatan Nasional): 6,132 votes;
Omar Mokhtar (PKR): 1,527 votes; and
Mohd Shukor Ahmad (Parti Pejuang Tanah Air): 268 votes. Mohd Shukor loses his deposit.
There are 32,658 registered voters in Johor Lama.
10.02pm: BN claims Sri Medan and Bukit Naning as the coalition inches closer to a victory in Johor.
10.00pm: DAP defends two seats - Tangkak and Bentayan.
Ng Yak Howe is almost certain to defend Bentayan with a huge majority of 7,265 votes, after 66 out of 68 streams were counted.
Meanwhile, in Tangkak, Ee Chin Li is leading with 8,008 votes with BN trailing behind closely with 7,539 votes.
The Election Commission has confirmed BN’s win in the Yong Peng and Johor Lama seats.
Yong Peng was taken by Ling Tian Soon with a majority of 2,471 votes while Johor Lama went to Norlizah Noh with a 6,039-vote majority.
Election Commission (EC) says Ling Tian Soon (Barisan Nasional) garnered 9,870 votes against Pakatan Harapan’s Alan Tee (7,129) and Perikatan Nasional candidate Susan Yong (1,681). Yong lost her deposit. There are 33,053 registered voters in Yong Peng.
9.58pm: BN has claimed Bukit Pasir, winning the seat with a slim majority of 188 votes.
Its candidate Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh garnered 5,409 votes, followed closely by Perikatan Nasional’s Iqbal Razak (5,259 votes) in a six-cornered fight.
9.57pm: The Election Commission has officially announced the first two results in the Johor election. Barisan Nasional has won the Yong Peng and the Johor Lama seats with majorities of 2,741 and 6,039 respectively.
9.52pm: The Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad-led Pejuang is set to lose deposit in all of the 42 seats it contested, garnering measly number of votes in the constituencies.
9:50pm: BN’s N. Saraswati is set to recapture Kemelah from PH with a majority of 882 votes.
The MIC candidate has garnered 6,881 votes after over 96% of the seats were counted.
The seat was previously won by PH in GE14 with a majority of 2,355 votes.
BN wins Pekan Nanas with 11,288 votes beating DAP incumbent Yeo Tung Siong after all ballots are counted
9:46pm: @LiewChinTong has claimed the Perling seat. He went up against BN’s Tan Hiang Kee and PN’s Koo Shiaw Lee.
In a Facebook post, the Johor DAP chief promises to fulfill the wishes of voters as an elected representative.
9.45: BN’s Lee Ting Han has a comfortable lead in Paloh (N30) with 7,516 votes, while PH’s Sheikh Omar Ali trails behind with 4,424 votes. At least 53 out of 57 streams for the constituency has been counted.
9:43pm: Unofficial results – Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan says Barisan Nasional’s N. Saraswati who is Johor Wanita MIC chief has won the Kemelah state seat.
9.40pm: BN’s Onn Hafiz Ghazi has nearly secured Machap (N26) with a majority of at least 5,995 votes, after 56 out of 61 streams were counted.
9.38pm: PKR’s Chiong Sen Sern has unofficially won the Bukit Batu seat with a slim majority of 115 votes over BN’s S. Supayyah.
Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan has called for a recount in the seat, which was previously won by PKR by a majority of over 10,000 votes in the last election.
9:33pm: Barisan Nasional’s Tan Chong has won the Bekok (N06 seat) with a 3,569-vote majority.
Tan garnered 7,036 votes, ahead of M. Kanan from Pakatan Harapan (3,467), Tan Lek Khang from Perikatan Nasional (2,881) and A. Sandara Segaran from Parti Warisan (330).
Bekok has 27,426 eligible voters.
9:29pm: PKR’s Layang-Layang candidate Maszlee Malik is all but certain to have lost in the constituency, trailing BN’s Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim by 2,696 with only two streams left to be counted.
Maszlee was rumoured to be PKR’s menteri besar candidate should the party score a victory in Johor.
It seems like former Johor menteri besar Datuk Sahruddin Jamal will be retaining the Bukit Kepong state seat.
The PN candidate is currently leading with a slim majority of 802 votes after over 92% of the streams were counted.
The state seat is within PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s parliamentary seat, Pagoh.
9.28pm: BN’s Anuar Abd. Manap has a comfortable lead in Pemanis (N03) with more than 8,000 votes, while PN’s Uzzair Ismail is trailing him with 3,624 votes in the four-cornered fight. So far, 54 out of 60 streams have been tallied.
9.21pm: BN’s Datuk Mohd Fuad is leading in Bukit Naning (N14) against PN’s Mahadzir Abu Said, and PKR’s Md Ysahrusin Kusni in a five-cornered fight.
9:08pm: Muda’s Amira Aisya Abd Aziz is leading in Puteri Wangsa with a huge 1,840 majority, with 13,614 votes.
Meanwhile BN’s Ng Yew Aik only managed to obtain11,774 votes.
This is after over 67% streams were accounted for.
The state seat was previously won by Bersatu in GE14.
9.03pm: BN expected to wrest Gambir, the seat of former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
Its candidate Sahrihan Jani is leading with 3,073 majority after votes from 52 out of 55 polling streams were counted.
Sahrihan has secured 7,747 votes against Pejuang’s Suraya Sulaiman (215), PKR’s Naim Jusri (4,208) and Perikatan Nasional’s Mohd Solihan Badri (4,674).
8.50pm: “So far, MCA has won Yong Peng (Ah Soon), Pekan Nenas (Tan Eng Meng) and Paloh (Lee Ting Han). Congratulations,” says MCA president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong in a Facebook post.
8.42pm: Muda’s hope of winning the Tenang seat through its candidate Lim Wei Jiet is becoming increasingly impossible with BN’s Haslinda Salleh pulling further ahead.
The Umno rep now leads with a majority of 1,195 votes, with only six of the 49 streams left to count.
8:40pm: BN captures Pekan Nanas (N30) with 9,623 votes against Pakatan Harapan (5,595), Perikatan Nasional (2,361) and Warisan (1,205).
8.37pm: DAP candidate Liew Chin Tong is leading in Perling (N46), followed by BN and PN.
8.30pm: Pakatan Harapan’s Ng Yak How is leading in Bentayan (N12) with 8,912 votes, while BN’s Gan Q’i Ru trains behind with only 2,920 votes. So far 57 out of 68 streams have been tallied in the constituency.
Pakatan Harapan’s Ng Yak How is leading in Bentayan (N12) with 8,912 votes, while BN’s Gan Q’i Ru trains behind with only 2,920 votes. So far 57 out of 68 streams have been tallied in the constituency.
8.26pm: Unofficial results – BN’s Ling Tian Soon wins in Yong Peng (N19). As the news broke of MCA candidate Ling’s 2,176 vote majority, supporters could be seen hoisting him into the air.
Ling Tian Soon (BN): 8,800
Alan Tee (Pakatan): 6,564
Susan Wong (Perikatan): 1,471
Majority: 2,236
Pakatan Harapan’s Wong Bor Yang is leading in Senai with 7,993 votes, while BN trails behind with 5,020 in a three-cornered fight.
8.23pm: The Bukit Batu state seat is set to go down to the wire, with only a meagre 5 votes separating PKR and BN after 53 of 81 streams were counted.
PKR’s Chiong Sen Sern is leading with 5,991 votes, while BN’s S. Supayyah has 5,986 votes. PKR won the seat by a majority of over 10,000 in the 2018 election.
Caretaker Johor MB Datuk Hasni Mohammad retains Benut for BN.
8:22pm: BN defends the Kukup state seat. Its candidate Datuk Jefridin Atan is leading the seat with a majority of 7,247 votes after 63 out of 69 channels were accounted for.
The Kukup state seat was previously won by Umno in GE14 and have been an Umno stronghold since the 2004 general election.
8.21pm: BN’s Tan Eng Meng is leading in Pekan Nenas with a majority of 2,638 votes after 42 of the 65 stream were accounted for.
BN Candidate Baharudin Mohamed Taib is leading in Permas with 12,534 votes, while PN incumbent Che Zakaria Mohd Salleh has gained 8,045 votes.
Pekan Nenas was previously won by DAP in the last election.
8.14pm: Pakatan Harapan’s first-time candidate Marina Ibrahim leading in Skudai (N48), unofficial results show.
In the three-way contest, DAP’s live results show that Marina has 5,519 votes so far, ahead of BN’s Lim Soon Hai (2,752 votes) and Perikatan Nasional’s Khoo Kong Ek.
8.05pm: DAP candidate Liow Cai Tung pulls ahead in the Johor Jaya seat with 12,797 votes after 89 of the 155 voting streams have been counted.
8.00pm: BN’s MIC candidate Vidyananthan Ramanadhan is leading in Kahang seat with 4,650 votes, more than double his closes opponent, after over half of the 53 streams counted.
7.48pm: Umno secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan says BN is leading in 43 out of 56 seats.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak arrives at BN war room to cries of ‘Hidup Bossku’.
7.45pm: DAP leading in Jementah, Tangkak, Bentayan, Penggaram, Mengkibol, Johor Jaya, Stulang, Perling, Skudai and Senai during early count.
6.20pm: BN Comms claim the coalition is leading in 34 seats.
6pm: Voting in all polling centres are closed. The counting begins. – The Vibes, March 12, 2022
