The Bersatu elections involving some 20,000 members have seen at least one cabinet minister and several prominent figures losing in their bid for positions within the party's top leadership.
Top of the list is de facto Special Functions Minister Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof who failed to secure one of the three vice-presidents seats for the term 2019-2022.
The Bersatu Melaka chief lost out to his own state deputy, Paya Rumput assemblyperson Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen.
Redzuan also failed to brush off challenges from two other cabinet colleagues - Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Ronald Kiandee and Education Minister Radzi Jidin - who snapped up the remaining two vice-president posts.
In an earlier stage of the party polls, Redzuan lost to Masjid Tanah MP Mas Ermieyati Samsudin for the position of Bersatu Masjid Tanah division chief. The Alor Gajah MP was previously a Bersatu Supreme Council member.
Two incumbent Bersatu vice-presidents - Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman and Abdul Rashid Asari - also failed to defend their positions in the contest that involved 17 candidates.
Other prominent names who lost include Bersatu Johor chief Mazlan Bujang.
Results of yesterday's voting by 23,438 delegates from 177 Bersatu divisions nationwide was released by the head of its election committee former minister, Syed Hamid Albar.
Aside from the vice-presidents' post, the contest for Bersatu's Supreme Council saw a long list of 163 candidates, including members who have either quit or were sacked from the party in the acrimony that followed Bersatu's exit from the Pakatan Harapan coalition.
Those who failed to defend their supreme council seats included Negeri Sembilan Bersatu state chief Rais Yatim and Dr Muhammad Faiz Na'aman.
In Johor, former menteri besar Osman Sapian and Bersatu state secretary Solihan Badri, both lost their bids to secure one of the 20 Supreme Council seats. Johor Menteri Besar Dr Sahruddin Jamal, however, made it to the winner's list.
Other notable candidates from the Bersatu Youth Wing include Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir, who also lost his bid for the wing's deputy chief post.
Among the newly elected supreme council members are candidates who crossed over to Bersatu, either directly from Umno or after a brief stint as Independent MPs.
The line-up includes Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Economy) Mustapa Mohamed, Deputy Defence Minister Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz, Deputy Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Rosol Wahid, Tasek Gelugor MP Shabudin Yahaya and Sabah veteran Lajim Ukin.
Bersatu's inaugural polls since its formation saw the top two positions for president and deputy president won uncontested by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Perak Menteri Besar Mohd Faizal Azumu. - Mkini
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