Official results from Election Commission
BN - 24,997
PKR - 23,272
Majority -1,725
Showing posts with label Hulu Selangor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hulu Selangor. Show all posts
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Barisan Nasional will win the Hulu Selangor by-election
The latest political scenario showed that Brisan Nasional will surely win the Hulu Selangor by-election but with a narrow margin.
The indication were as follows :
Prime Minister Najib vowed to donate early 'angpow' RM90,000 for a Chinese cemetery in Hulu Yam Baharu and pleaded to the Chinese community in the area to vote for a bigger 'angpow'.
He gave out long overdue cash payment of RM50,000 each to 100 of the 363 Felda settlers as part of a sum owed to the settlers when they sold their land to a private developer after being persuaded to do so by the BN state government in 1994.
He vowed that BN will pour in more money to develop the area, including a RM85 million North-South Expressway interchange.
The construction of the elevated interchange is expected to boost property prices in the abandoned project area.
The additional money will only come provided that Selangor falls back into BN's hands in the next general election.
It is being seen as one of the most effective campaign strategies to win the by-election.
The indication were as follows :
Prime Minister Najib vowed to donate early 'angpow' RM90,000 for a Chinese cemetery in Hulu Yam Baharu and pleaded to the Chinese community in the area to vote for a bigger 'angpow'.
He gave out long overdue cash payment of RM50,000 each to 100 of the 363 Felda settlers as part of a sum owed to the settlers when they sold their land to a private developer after being persuaded to do so by the BN state government in 1994.
He vowed that BN will pour in more money to develop the area, including a RM85 million North-South Expressway interchange.
The construction of the elevated interchange is expected to boost property prices in the abandoned project area.
The additional money will only come provided that Selangor falls back into BN's hands in the next general election.
It is being seen as one of the most effective campaign strategies to win the by-election.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Win Over Hulu Selangor by causing significant discomfort and uneasiness
The Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election will see a four-cornered fight, they are Barisan Nasional's P. Kamalanathan, PKR’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and Independent candidates V.S. Chandran and Johan Mohd Diah.
The four-cornered fight, with two independents V.S. Chandran and Johan Mohd Diah providing the sideshow to the main political show between Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
There are 64,500 registered voters in Hulu Selangor, with 63,701 regular voters and 799 postal voters.
In a Malay-majority seat , the Malays make up the majority with 34,020 voters or 52.7%.
The next is the Chinese with 16,964 voters (26.3%) followed by the Indians at 12,453 voters or 19.3%.
Undeniably, exploring the increasing complexity of racial and ethnic politics is the strategy of the opposition. It may be the ongoing cause of many voters to vote for Zaid simply on the basis of skin color and unhappiness.
By far, the main issue appears to be more about racial sentiment of the Malays rather than the spirit of BN.
Ironically, during the last general election, almost all the Orang Asli voted for the BN, but the political landscape might change as the opposition will certainly mobilize the resources and sideline BN to get the support.
Confronted with evidence that the 721 Orang Asli electorate, it seems that they can be the deciders with the Malay and Indian votes split in half, with the Chinese still loyal to the Pakatan.
In the Political Plane Match, the race is on between both the ruling party and the opposition in this setup is causing discomfort and uneasiness to win over the voters.
The key question remains : Which party can do it better.
The four-cornered fight, with two independents V.S. Chandran and Johan Mohd Diah providing the sideshow to the main political show between Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR).
There are 64,500 registered voters in Hulu Selangor, with 63,701 regular voters and 799 postal voters.
In a Malay-majority seat , the Malays make up the majority with 34,020 voters or 52.7%.
The next is the Chinese with 16,964 voters (26.3%) followed by the Indians at 12,453 voters or 19.3%.
Undeniably, exploring the increasing complexity of racial and ethnic politics is the strategy of the opposition. It may be the ongoing cause of many voters to vote for Zaid simply on the basis of skin color and unhappiness.
By far, the main issue appears to be more about racial sentiment of the Malays rather than the spirit of BN.
Ironically, during the last general election, almost all the Orang Asli voted for the BN, but the political landscape might change as the opposition will certainly mobilize the resources and sideline BN to get the support.
Confronted with evidence that the 721 Orang Asli electorate, it seems that they can be the deciders with the Malay and Indian votes split in half, with the Chinese still loyal to the Pakatan.
In the Political Plane Match, the race is on between both the ruling party and the opposition in this setup is causing discomfort and uneasiness to win over the voters.
The key question remains : Which party can do it better.
Four-cornered fight in Hulu Selangor, Orang Asli can be the deciders
It's four-cornered fight in Hulu Selangor, they are Barisan Nasional's P. Kamalanathan, PKR’s Datuk Zaid Ibrahim and Independent candidates V.S. Chandran and Johan Mohd Diah.
There are 64,500 registered voters in Hulu Selangor, with 63,701 regular voters and 799 postal voters.
In a Malay-majority seat, the Malays make up the majority with 34,020 voters or 52.7%. The next is the Chinese with 16,964 voters (26.3%) followed by the Indians at 12,453 voters or 19.3%.
Undeniably, exploring the increasing complexity of racial and ethnic politics is the strategy of the opposition. It may be the ongoing cause of many voters to vote for Zaid simply on the basis of skin color and unhappiness.
The issue appears to be more about racial sentiment of Malays than spirit of BN.
Ironically, during the last general election, almost all the Orang Asli voted for the BN, but the political landscape might change as the opposition will certainly mobilize the resources to get the support.
Confronted with evidence that the 721 Orang Asli electorate, it seems that they can be the deciders with the Malay and Indian votes split in half, with the Chinese still loyal to the Pakatan.
There are 64,500 registered voters in Hulu Selangor, with 63,701 regular voters and 799 postal voters.
In a Malay-majority seat, the Malays make up the majority with 34,020 voters or 52.7%. The next is the Chinese with 16,964 voters (26.3%) followed by the Indians at 12,453 voters or 19.3%.
Undeniably, exploring the increasing complexity of racial and ethnic politics is the strategy of the opposition. It may be the ongoing cause of many voters to vote for Zaid simply on the basis of skin color and unhappiness.
The issue appears to be more about racial sentiment of Malays than spirit of BN.
Ironically, during the last general election, almost all the Orang Asli voted for the BN, but the political landscape might change as the opposition will certainly mobilize the resources to get the support.
Confronted with evidence that the 721 Orang Asli electorate, it seems that they can be the deciders with the Malay and Indian votes split in half, with the Chinese still loyal to the Pakatan.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Should G Palanivel Be Field By BN?
For most voters, candidate dominated by the party to contest the by-election no doubt play an important role but it should not pose a big problem to the parties concern.
Ironically, it is the terrifying velocity of the mood swing of the voters especially the dissatisfying members of the party.
The contesting parties need to be really careful that they are listening, especially to those independent voters the candidate to be field. And clearly, if the independent voters do not support what the party has done so far, to win the victory remain a question. We must not be seemed as impervious to reality especially when the election showed a narrowing race.
By far, to win the victory in the Hulu Selangor by-election parliamentary by-election, it is straight fight between Barisan Nasional and PKR. The race is on whom can win over independent voters and the key questions will be which party can do it and which party’s dominant ideological base will try to put a stop to efforts to broaden its party’s coalition.
BN deputy chairperson Muhyiddin is scheduled to announce the candidate on April 15, but it has been reported that he is in favour for MIC Youth deputy chief V Mugilan as the candidate.
This has drawn widespread opposition from the MIC grassroots, with leaders from 18 out of 22 party divisions in Selangor.
MIC leaders had made their objections known and insisted Palanivel who is MIC deputy president and Hulu Selangor division chief must be fielded.
The candidacy problem although is too big and too important to be solved but ultimately the problem had to be solved by BN.
The question remains; Should G Palanivel be field by BN?
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