BN retains Lamag, Kinabatangan with bigger majorities

The coalition's Lamag candidate keeps the state seat with a 5,681-vote majority, while its Kinabatangan candidate secures victory with a 14,214-vote margin.

Ismail Ayob (left) retained the Lamag state seat, and Naim Kurniawan Moktar the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat for BN. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA:

 Barisan Nasional retained the Lamag state seat and Kinabatangan parliamentary seat with bigger majorities tonight.

BN’s Lamag candidate, Ismail Ayob, won the by-election with a 5,681-vote majority in a straight fight against Warisan’s Mazliwati Abdul Malek.

Ismail secured 7,269 votes against 1,588 garnered by Mazliwati, Bernama reported.

BN’s Kinabatangan candidate, Naim Kurniawan Moktar – son of the late Bung Mokhtar Radin – retained the seat with a 14,214-vote majority in a three-cornered contest.

Naim secured 19,852 votes, while Warisan’s Saddi Abdul Rahman received 5,638 votes, and independent Goldam Hamid 946 votes.

The results were announced by returning officer Eddy Syaizul Rizam Abdullah.

The by-elections were triggered by Bung’s death in early December.

Bung had previously defended the Lamag seat at the Sabah state election in November with a majority of 153 votes.

He had previously won the seat in the 2020 state polls in a five-cornered contest, with a 661-vote majority.

In the last general election, he also retained the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat with a 4,330-vote majority in a straight fight against Mazliwati. - FMT