KUALA LUMPUR: Riduan Rubin created a shock when he became the only independent candidate to emerge victorious in the 15th general election (GE15) after winning the Tenom parliamentary seat in Sabah.
Riduan won with a majority of 1,108 votes after obtaining 10,027 votes to defeat Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Noorita Sual (8,919 votes), GRS-BN’s Jamawi Ja’afar (8,625), Warisan’s Ukim Buandi (992) and independent candidate Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (86).
The former Tenom Bersatu youth chief quit the party prior to his nomination as an independent candidate. However, a few days after his nomination, he joined Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM), whose president Peter Anthony failed to be a candidate for the same seat after his nomination was rejected by the Election Commission (EC).
GE15 also witnessed some first-timers emerging victorious, among them Khlir Mohd Nor (PN-PAS), Adam Adli Abd Halim (PH-PKR), Rodiyah Sapiee of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), Kalam Salan (PN-Bersatu) and Lim Hui Ying (PH-DAP).
Khlir wrested the Ketereh parliamentary seat from BN when he polled 40,542 votes to beat his nearest challenger, Marzuani Ardila Ariffin (BN-Umno), who is also the Kelantan Umno Puteri chief, with a majority of 23,107 votes.
Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) chief Adam obtained 39,418 votes for an 8,638 majority win in the Hang Tuah Jaya parliamentary seat in Melaka against Mohd Ridhwan (BN), Sheikh Ikhzan Sheikh Salleh (Pejuang) and Azrudin Md Idris (PN-Bersatu).
Rodiyah, meanwhile, garnered 18,668 votes in the Batang Sadong parliamentary seat in Sarawak to defeat Lahaji Lahiya (PH-Amanah) with a majority of 14,893 votes.
In Selangor, Kalam (PN-Bersatu) obtained 17,973 votes to win the Sabak Bernam parliamentary seat with a majority of 5,056 votes.
Meanwhile, Hui Ying, who is also DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng’s sister, won the Tanjong parliamentary seat in Penang after polling 31,968 votes to beat two other candidates with a 28,754 majority. - FMT
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