Election for Tioman state seat postponed

GE15 | The voting process for the Tioman state seat in Pahang today has been postponed following the death of Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Md Yunus Ramli early this morning.

Pahang Election Commission (EC) director Zamree Hamli said the voting process for the Rompin parliamentary seat as well as the Muadzam Shah and Bukit Ibam state seats will go on as usual.

Tioman, Muadzam Shah, and Bukit Ibam are state seats under the Rompin parliamentary constituency.

“The status on the Tioman state seat and developments related to the new date (for polling) will be confirmed by the EC headquarters,” he said when contacted today.

The EC had set polling for the 15th general election (GE15) today.

There are 42 state assembly seats in Pahang.

Yunus, 61, died at Rompin Hospital, believed to be due to a heart attack, at about 3.30am after being rushed there by family members.

In GE15, the contest for the Tioman state seat was supposed to be a five-cornered fight between Yunus, Sulaiman Bakar (Independent), Osman A Bakar (Pejuang), Mohd Fadzli Mohd Ramly (Pakatan Harapan), and Mohd Johari Hussain (BN).

The deceased, who was the Sungai Puteri PAS division chief had previously contested for the same state seat in the 2018 general election.

Earlier, Rompin parliamentary returning officer Ahmad Nasim Mohd Sidek informed that the issuance of ballot papers for the Tioman state seat was postponed following Yunus’ death.

- Bernama

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