Update: PH set to retain Pulai and Simpang Jeram as of 8.20pm
SINAR DAILY REPORTER
SHAH ALAM - Pakatan Harapan (PH) is set to retain the Pulai parliamentary set and Simpang Jeram state seat in Johor according to unofficial early results.
Umno Secretary-General Datuk Seri Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, in a Facebook posting, said Suhaizan Kaiat of PH was ahead with a majority of more than 12,600 votes his nemesis Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Zulkifli Jaafar.
He said PH’s Nazri Abdul Rahman was also leading the race with 3,300 votes ahead of PN’s Dr Mazri Yahya in Simpang Jeram.
Victory for PH in Pulai ensures the federal unity coalition retains two-thirds majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
Latest unofficial results at 8.20pm:
Pulai:
Suhaizan Kaiat (PH) 11,599
Zulkifli Jaafar (PN): 7,299
Samsudin Fauzi (Ind): 129
Majority: 4,300
Simpang Jeram:
Nazri Abdul Rahman (PH): 12,036
Dr Mazri Yahya (PN): 9,324
S Jeganathan (Ind): 270
Majority: 2,712
