The Election Commission has not received any official notification so far on a vacancy in the Selangor state legislative assembly seat for Port Klang.

EC chairperson Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof said speaker Teng Chang Khim should inform the EC before hand before declaring any vacancy in the state assembly seat.

"We will study and look at the law in the state of Selangor, as well as the federal constitution before making any decision whether a vacancy occurs or not," he told Bernama when contacted.

Abdul Aziz said the EC would make a statement after receiving official notification from Teng.

He said this when asked to comment of the declaration by Teng today that the state assembly seat was vacant effective Jan 16 following the failure of the incumbent assemblyperson Badrul Hisham Abdullah to attend the state assembly sitting for six months without valid reasons.

Badrul Hisham, who won the seat on a PKR ticket, had left the party on Oct 29, 2009.

- Bernama