The final official majority is 15,671 votes. Anwar secured 31,195 votes; Ariff 15,524 votes and Akim’s Hanafi Mamat 92 votes (deposit lost).
And interestingly this is despite:-
BN pushing its whole election machinery to fight against one man (the TV, the newsprint, the money, the swearing, prominent spokesmen including top government officials – in the case of swearing);
Khairy making the arrogant remarks that they will bury Anwar’s political ambitions in this by election;
The sodomy accusations against Anwar;
The swearing on the Quran against Anwar;
There is a discrepancy between the Election Commission’s figure for the voter turnout of 65 per cent turnout and the actual turnout, which was 80 per cent;
(For a mighty Malaysia – Image source: http://www.twocircles.net)
Tomorrow is D-Day for not only Anwar but the whole of Malaysia as well. Nothing said it better than this comment in Anilnetto:-
A stall-holder next to the Masjid Jamek told me: “Harap-harap kita dapat undi majoiriti 10-14,000 bang, 27 juta rakyat malaysia sedang menanti ini…(Hope to get a majority of 10-14,000, 27 million Malaysians are waiting…)
She was “rewarded” and everything seems to be swept under the carpet (as usual). But MIC kept up with the fight – man, they had to do otherwise there is no point they to be claiming to be championing the rights of the Indians, right?… [Click to read the rest] “If MIC cannot solve this…”