KUALA LUMPUR: Johor became the first state in peninsula Malaysia to obtain official results for the GE15 involving four parliamentary seats, based on the official results released by the Election Commission (EC) as of 10.25pm.
Barisan Nasional (BN) has won three seats, namely Simpang Renggam, Pengerang and Kota Tinggi, while Pakatan Harapan (PH) has won Labis.
Johor BN chairman Datuk Seri Hasni Mohammad has seized Simpang Renggam by defeating incumbent Dr Maszlee Malik who contested on a PH ticket, Kamal Kusmin from Pejuang and Mohd Fazrul Kamat from Perikatan Nasional (PN), with a majority of 1,821 votes.
Umno vice president Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin defeated two opponents, Mohamad Ridhwan Rasman (PN) and Onn Jaafar (PH) with a majority of 8,390 votes, while Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said defeated Fairulnizar Rahmat of PN and Datuk Seri Che Zakaria Mohd Salleh from PH, to retain the Pengerang parliamentary seat with a majority of 5,010 votes.
The Labis parliamentary seat which saw a three tier fight, was won by incumbent Pang Hok Liong from PH who defeated his two rivals, Datuk Chua Tee Yong of BN and Alvin Chang Teck Kiam from PN with a majority of 2,833 votes.
The tallying of votes for other parliamentary constituencies are still ongoing. -- Bernama