TAPAH – Unofficial results have shown that Barisan Nasional (BN) successfully retained the Ayer Kuning state seat, which it has held for almost four decades.
In the three-cornered fight, Bernama reported that BN candidate Mohamad Yusri Bakir secured 10,354 votes after 63 of the 67 ballot boxes were counted – a 4,751-vote majority, as Abd Muhaimin Malek of Perikatan Nasional (PN) garnered 5,603 votes, while Bawani KS of Parti Sosialis Malaysia had 1,004 votes.
The by-election followed the death of incumbent Ishsam Shahruddin on February 22, who died of a heart attack.
The late Ishsam, who was also the Tapah Umno chief, won the Ayer Kuning seat with a majority of 2,213 votes in a five-cornered fight in the 15th general election in November 2022. – April 26, 2025