Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Analysis on Permatang Pauh By-Election

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Today is an important day for Malaysia. Let us study the by-election results:

PKR: 31,195 (66.64%)
BN: 15,524 (33.16%)
AKIM: 92 (0.20%)
Majority: 15,671
Turnout: 81.01%

And now let us look at the Permatang Pauh constitution:

Total Voter: 58,459
Malay: 69.5%
Chinese: 24.57%
Indian: 5.8%
Others: 0.13%

I assume that 75% of non-Malay vote for PKR, we will get the following breakdown:

PKR: Malay (20,533) + Non-Malay (10,662)
BN: Malay (11,971) + Non-Malay (3,554)

That means, 63% of Malays, mostly from kampung, still pick PKR after 10 days of dirty tactics and racial bombardments by BN.

We should feel proud with the result as this clearly shows that Malaysians are moving away from racial politics and start accepting the Rakyat concept.

Bravo Malaysians!



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