2019 Semenyih by-election
A by-election was held on 2 March 2019 for the Selangor State Legislative Assembly seat of Semenyih. The seat became vacant after the death of the incumbent assemblyman, Bakhtiar Mohd Nor, 57, on 11 January 2019 from heart attack. Bakhtiar was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.
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N24 Semenyih seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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N24 Semenyih state constituency border and the districts included within the constituency. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The nomination day was on 16 February 2019, with a 2-week campaigning period until election day on 2 March 2019 and 26 February 2019 for early voting. The by-election used the third-quarter 2018 electoral roll that was updated until 11 January 2019, which the constituency has 53,411 eligible voters comprising 53,520 ordinary and 109 absentee voters.
Zakaria Hanafi from Barisan Nasional (BN) won the by-election. This was the first time a seat was gained by another party after PH won the 2018 general election (GE14).