KUALA LUMPUR – Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail continues to lead the pack of candidates for the Umno vice-president’s posts for the 2023-2026 term.
According to Umno Online, Wan Rosdy continued to enjoy a clear lead with 117 votes as of 10am, with the party’s Johor chief Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin remaining in second place on 106 votes while Titiwangsa MP Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani garnered 96 votes.
Despite giving stiff competition last night, Pengerang MP Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has slightly fallen behind with 63 votes.
Khaled is the only one defending his post while Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid failed to be re-elected having secured only 33 votes so far.
Former vice-president Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob opted not to defend the post.
Other vice-president candidates are former Kepala Batas MP Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican, Simpang Renggam MP Datuk Hasni Mohammad, and Iskandar Puteri division member Mohd Yusof Musa.
A total of 189 divisions participated in the party polls.
The tabulation, however, is not based on a simple majority or first past the post.
For the vice-president’s post, each division will have to vote for three names out of eight contenders.
The top three names voted from each division will then be counted as a vote for each contender, according to the polling system practised by Umno. – The Vibes, March 19, 2023
