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- GE13: Kudos from Indonesia for a successful general election
- GE13: EC - Record 85% turnout ; BN gets 46.5% of popular vote
- GE13: Won't seek re-election as MCA president, says Soi Lek
| GE13: Kudos from Indonesia for a successful general election Posted: 06 May 2013 07:46 AM PDT JAKARTA: Indonesia has congratulated Malaysia on successfully conducting its general election, and expects further improvement of bilateral ties, Xinhua news agency reported Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa saying here Monday. "We have to congratulate the people of Malaysia for holding the election successfully. "All countries in the region were following the election that ended Sunday night," the minister said on the sidelines of his meeting with visiting Mozambique Foreign Affairs Minister Oldemiro Baloi in his office here. He said the process of election in Malaysia would empower democracy architecture in the region as Malaysia was part of Asean, adding that the successful election in Malaysia has showed the improving democracy pillar in Asean. "The development of Asean political community has been fantastic and exceptional," Xinhua quoted him as saying. In Sunday's 13th general election, Barisan Nasional was returned to power when it won 133 of the 222 parliamentary seats to form the new federal government. - Bernama For more election stories, please visit The Star's GE13 site |
| GE13: EC - Record 85% turnout ; BN gets 46.5% of popular vote Posted: 06 May 2013 07:46 AM PDT PUTRAJAYA: Out of the total number of 13,268,002 voters for the 222 parliamentary seats, 11,257,147 voters or 84.84% cast their votes at the 13th general election, the highest percentage in any general election in Malaysia. Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Kamaruddin Mohamed Baria said for the 505 state legislative assembly seats contested, 9,742,254 voters or 85.82% had exercised their right to vote in the election. He said that based on the electoral roll gazetted for GE13, out of the 13,268,002 registered voters, there were 12,885,434 ordinary voters, 146,742 postal voters and 235,826 early voters. "For the Parliamentary seats, Barisan Nasional garnered 5,237,699 votes; PKR, 2,254,328; PAS, 1,633,389; DAP, 1,736,267; Independent, 86,935; STAR, 45,386; Berjasa, 31,835; SWP, 15,630; SAPP, 10,099; PCM, 2,129; Kita, 623; and Bersama, 257. "For the state legislative assembly seats, Barisan received 4,513,997 votes; PAS, 2,133,944; DAP, 1,442,298; PKR, 1,303,457; Independent, 67,129; STAR, 43,793; SAPP, 31,324; PSM, 8,136; Berjasa, 4,756; Kita, 1,791; Bersama, 823; and PCM, 216," he said in a statement here Monday. Kamaruddin said that of the 579 candidates who contested the state assembly seats, 128 candidates lost their election deposits, with Independent candidates forming the largest number totalling 75 people. For the election results, he said that out of the 222 Parliamentary seats, Barisan won 133 seats; PKR, 30; PAS, 21; and DAP, 38. For the state assembly seats, Barisan won 275 seats; DAP, 95; PAS, 86; and PKR, 49. Generally, he said the EC was satisfied with the election process which went smoothly, without any undesired incidents affecting the election process. "In implementing the general election, the EC always follows the law and tried to make the GE13 as the best, and numerous challenges which were unexpected had to be faced," he said. He said the EC would study all the weaknesses especially on the method of overcoming congestion at the polling centres in the morning as well as the presence of a large number senior citizens there. - Bernama For more election stories, please visit The Star's GE13 site |
| GE13: Won't seek re-election as MCA president, says Soi Lek Posted: 06 May 2013 07:05 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek will not be defending his presidency at the party elections this year. This comes after the party only won seven parliamentary and 11 state seats out of the total 37 parliamentary and 90 state seats it contested in the general election. Dr Chua pledged to stabilise the party under "this difficult condition". "I will convene a presidential council and central committee meeting to deliberate on the direction of the party following the dismal results. "At the same time, I have decided that I will not seek re-election in the upcoming party election," he said in a statement today. He said MCA respected and accepted the voters' decision. He said the party also supported prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's call for national reconciliation. For more election stories, please visit The Star's GE13 site |
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