SEREMBAN, Aug 13 — Negeri Sembilan Pakatan Harapan chairman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun has successfully defended his Sikamat state seat in the Negeri Sembilan State Election yesterday.
He won with a majority of 2,662 votes, beating Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate Ahmad Raihan Muhamad Hilal, who secured 10,068 votes, and two Independent candidates, Bujang Abu (83 votes) and Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin (339 votes).
Election Commission returning officer Saiful Saadon announced the results at the Coral Heights Community Hall in Sikamat.
Aminuddin, who is also Port Dickson MP and former Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar, has held the Sikamat seat since 2008.
His previous victory during the 14th general election was with a majority of 3,413 votes against Syamsul Amri Ismail (Barisan Nasional), Rahim Yusof of PAS, and Independent candidate Bujang Abu.
Meanwhile, DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke defeated his good friend Rosmadi Arif, who is also the Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate, to retain the Chennah state seat in the state polls.
Based on the Election Commission (EC) result data, the Transport Minister won with a majority of 2,200 votes after securing 5,888 votes, while Rosmadi had 3,688 votes.
During the 14th General Election in 2018, Loke, who is also the Seremban MP, won the Chennah state seat with a majority of 1,155 votes in a three-cornered fight.
— Bernama
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Transport Minister Anthony Loke speaks during a press conference after attending the First Meeting of the Second Term of the 15th Parliament, in Kuala Lumpur, on February 22, 2023. — Picture by BERNAMA[/caption]
