PKR polls: Official results show Zaid, Tian Chua in the lead

Big branches yet to meet

PETALING JAYA - Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and Tian Chua are leading comfortably in the race for deputy and vice presidency respectively.

Official vote tally from all the 68 divisions that held polling over the weekend showed Zaid leading with 3,683 votes followed by his challenger Azmin Ali (3,051) and Mustaffa Kamil Ayub (1,271).

Of the 17 candidates vying for the four vice president posts, Batu MP Tian Chua is leading with 3,621 votes, followed by Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar (3,543), PKR elections director Fuziah Salleh (2,895), Penang deputy Chief Minister 1 Mansor Othman (2,852), and Padang Serai MP N. Gobalakrisnan (2,080).

Among those trailing behind are Selangor executive councillor Dr Xavier Jayakumar (1,679), incumbent vice president R. Sivarasa (1,553), R. Suresh Kumar (1,237), and Selangor executive councillor Yahya Sahri (1,178).

In the race for central leadership council posts, Badrul Amin is leading comfortably with 3,087 votes, followed by Selangor executive councillor Elizabeth Wong (2,582), Sungai Petani MP Datuk Johari Abdul (2,572), and Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Hee Loy Sian (2,174).

A total of 132 candidates are vying for 20 central leadership council posts.

Polling will resume at 11 divisions in Sabah on Nov 6, and another nine divisions in the state on Nov 7.

A total of 81 divisions in Kedah, Kelantan, Penang, Wilayah Persekutuan, Johor, Selangor, Terengganu, Sabah, Melaka, Perak, Sarawak and Putrajaya will hold meetings will hold polling on the third weekend starting from Nov 12 to Nov 14.

The final lap of polling will be at 42 divisions in Johor, Selangor, Sarawak, and Sabah on Nov 20 and Nov 21.

PKR Congress is scheduled from Nov 26 to Nov 28.