Umno wings flying strong into GE14

The outcome in yesterday's party polls has been described as consolidating Umno's preparation to face the 14th General Election

KUALA LUMPUR: The victory of Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Khairy Jamaluddin and Mas Ermieyati Samsudin as the Wanita Umno, Umno Youth and Puteri Umno chiefs, respectively, has been described as consolidating Umno’s preparation to face the 14th General Election.

This was stated by the party’s information chief,Ahmad Maslan, who said the first test for the three wings would be the by-election for the state seat of Sungai Limau in Kedah on Nov 4.

Ahmad said the chiefs of the three wings received strong support from the divisions, with the results as at 3.30 am today showing Shahrizat having garnered 100 votes; Khairy, 97 and Mas Ermieyati, 96.

Shahrizat retained the post after brushing aside the challenge from Maznah Mazlan and Raihan Suleiman while Khairy was returned after staving off the challenge from Syed Rosli Syed Harman, Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi, Irwan Ambak Khalid Izhar and Abd Karim Ali.

Mas Ermieyati became the new Puteri Umno chief after beating Jamilah Hanim Othman.

In Terengganu, Shahrizat and Khairy, who is the Youth and Sports Minister, secured the support of all the eight divisions.

For the post of Wanita Umno vice-head, all the divisions elected Azizah Mohd Dun except Kuala Nerus which voted for the other candidate, Suraya Yaacob.

For the post of Umno Youth vice-head, the Besut division supported Jamawi Jaafar, Hulu Terengganu supported Khairul Azwan Harun and Setiu picked Lokman Nor Adam.

Mas Ermieyati Samsudin garnered five votes from Terengganu while the other candidate for Puteri Umno chief, Jamilah Hanim Othman, received one vote.

The divisions which supported Mas Ermieyati were Besut, Kuala Terengganu, Marang, Hulu Terengganu and Setiu while Kuala Nerus backed Jamilah Hanim.

For the post of Puteri Umno vice-head, Zahida Zarik Khan and Norsabrina Mohd Nor received three votes each. Zahida got her votes from Besut, Setiu and Kuala Nerus while Norsabrina received hers from Kuala Terengganu, Marang and Hulu Terengganu.

The results for the Dungun and Kemaman divisions were not known yet.

Strong support in Melaka

In Melaka, Shahrizat, Khairy and Mas Ermieyati received the votes from all the six divisions, respectively.

Mas Ermieyati was outstanding on home ground, capturing 1,190 of the 1,249 votes from the Puteri Umno delegates in the state and leaving the other contender, Jamilah Hanim Othman, with only 59.

The Puteri Umno delegates in the Jasin and Kota Melaka divisions gave 100 per cent of the votes to Mas Ermieyati, who is the MP for Masjid Tanah, giving her 205 and 112 votes, respectively.

The Masjid Tanah and Tangga Batu divisions gave only one vote each to Jamilah Hanim but gave Mas Ermieyati 216 and 188 votes, respectively.

In the Alor Gajah division, Mas Ermieyati garnered 233 votes to Jamilah Hanim’s 14 and in Bukit Katil she received 226 to Jamilah Hanim’s 43.

As for Wanita Umno, Shahrizat received 1,588 of the 2,030 votes in Melaka, leaving her challengers Maznah and Raihan with 306 and 136 votes, respectively.

Bukit Katil gave Shahrizat the highest number of 312 votes followed by Alor Gajah (290), Masjid Tanah (277), Kota Melaka (271), Jasin (253) and Tangga Batu (185).

The scenario was almost similar for the Umno Youth election, with Khairy receiving 1,662 of the total 1,924 votes in Melaka.

His challengers were left far behind, with Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi getting 149 votes followed by Syed Rosli Syed Harman (97), Irwan Ambak Khalid Izhar (12) and Abd Karim Ali (4).

The Jasin district gave Khairy the most number of 340 votes, followed by Bukit Katil (333), Alor Gajah (297), Tangga Batu (280), Kota Melaka (258) and Masjid Tanah (154).