Barisan winning Pengkalan Kubor

Unofficial results show that Barisan Nasional is expected to win the Pengkalan Kubor by-election. – The Malaysian Insider pic by Afif Abd Halim, September 25, 2014.

Barisan Nasional (BN) is expected to win the Pengkalan Kubor by-election, as the unofficial results indicate that the ruling coalition's candidate, Mat Razi Mat Ail, has managed to reclaim the state assembly seat.

Cheers could be heard from within the sealed-off BN command centre in Pengkalan Kubor as workers tallied the unofficial results, while Umno members were seen congratulating one another.

"We are leading," one member said when approached by The Malaysian Insider.

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin‎ and Umno Information Chief Datuk Ahmad Maslan could also be seen in the area.

Voting at the 11 polling centres ‎ended today at 5pm, with the unofficial voter turnout pegged at 73%. There are 24,097 voters in Pengkalan Kubor.

Mat Razi is up against PAS's Wan Rosdi Wan Ibrahim and independent candidate Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary.

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- TMI