GE15 Live Blog - EN - Part 2
Nurul Izzah staring at defeat in Permatang Pauh
11.37pm: In a potential upset, PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar may be heading toward defeat in Permatang Pauh.
According to unofficial counts, the incumbent is trailing PN's Muhammad Fawwaz Mat Jan by about 6,000 votes.
Permatang Pauh is largely seen as the stronghold of Pakatan Harapan chairperson Anwar Ibrahim's family.
Anwar was first elected there in 1982 and held the seat for five terms until his imprisonment in 1998.
His wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, then won the seat from 1999 to 2008, after which Anwar returned as MP of Permatang Pauh in a by-election.
Wan Azizah was MP there again in 2015 when Anwar was sent to jail for the second time, and passed the baton to Nurul Izzah in 2018.
PN snatches Ketereh from Umno
11.30: PN won a thumping victory in Ketereh, capturing the seat from BN.
PN won the seat by 23,107 votes in the seat.
Umno had dropped incumbent MP Annuar Musa from the seat - believed to be over his opposition to party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Annuar is a proponent of Umno cooperation with PN.
Meanwhile, PAS also retained the Tumpat seat - defeating incumbent Che Abdullah Mat Nawi with a majority of 34,793 votes.
Che Abdullah had won the seat on a PAS ticket in 2018, but was dropped by the party, He then became an 11th-hour BN candidate for the seat.
PN supporters cheer for ‘Abah’
11.25pm: Loud cheers rock the ballroom as the Election Commission announces PN president Muhyiddin Yassin has retained his Pagoh seat.
Some 50 PN candidates and party members watching the live telecast on a big screen in the ballroom shout "Perikatan Nasional!" and "Takbir!", before chanting "Abah!" repeatedly.
Dr Dzul retains Kuala Selangor, defeats Tengku Zafrul
11.20pm: Harapan's Dzulkefly Ahmad has unofficially retained the Kuala Selangor seat.
With 181 out of 182 ballot boxes counted, Dzulkefly is in the lead with a 1,172- vote majority over BN's Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
Meanwhile, Harapan's Rafizi Ramli and Akmal Nasir have officially retained Pandan and Johor Bahru respectively.
Harapan loses Alor Setar to PN
11.20pm: Harapan has lost the seat of Alor Setar in Kedah, which PKR has held for two terms and won by a large margin in GE14.
Its candidate Simon Ooi was defeated by PN's Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamuddin by at least 9,000 votes, according to official results.
Meanwhile, Harapan's Lim Lip Eng wins Kepong with an overwhelming 61,081 votes.
All other candidates in Kepong lost their deposits.
Ku Li loses Gua Musang to PAS
11.20pm: Malaysia's longest serving MP Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has officially been defeated in Gua Musang after being in Parliament since 1974.
He had held Gua Musang for most of those years, since 1986. PAS captured the seat with a razor-thin majority of 163 votes.
Both PAS and BN bagged over 21,000 votes in the seat while Harapan came in third with just 4,517 votes.
Hadi retains Marang, Harapan picks up Ledang
11.15pm: PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang extends his winning streak in Marang, retaining the seat with a majority of 39,095 votes, according to official sources.
BN's Jasmira Othman comes in second while the Harapan candidate Azhar Ab Shukor is decimated, picking up just 3,816 votes. GTA's Zarawi Sulong gets only 390 votes.
Meanwhile, Harapan's Syed Ibrahim Syed Nor wins in Ledang, Oriental Daily reports.
Syed Saddiq expected to be Muda’s sole winner
11.15pm: Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman may be the sole candidate from his party to win a seat.
Official results show the other Muda candidates losing in Tanjung Piai, Masjid Tanah and Tanjong Karang.
In Tanjung Piai, Muda vice-president Lim Wei Jiet lost by 6,360 votes to incumbent Wee Jeck Seng from BN
Results for Muda's remaining candidate Shahrizal Denci in Kota Marudu has yet to be declared and Malaysiakini has no access to unofficial results there.
Unofficial: Ex-Malacca CM beats Umno info chief
11.10pm: Former Malacca chief minister Adly Zahari has unofficially won in Alor Gajah.
The Harapan candidate, who has around 28,000 votes as of the latest count has been maintaining a 2,000 plus majority against Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan Suffian.
Incumbent Redzuan Yusof is in third with about 16,505 votes at the moment.
Official: PN defeats Umno veep Mahdzir, Hisham wins
11.05pm: Umno vice-president Mahdzir Khaled has lost Padang Terap to PN.
PN won the seat with 28,217 votes and a 10,959 majority over Mahdzir's 17,258 votes.
Harapan came in far behind with just 2,702 votes while Pejuang had 452 votes.
Meanwhile, Hishamuddin Hussein retains his Sembrong seat with a 10,880-vote majority.
Azmin trailing by 11k votes, 14 ballot boxes left
10.55pm: As of 10.50pm, Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari is leading Gombak incumbent Azmin Ali by more than 11,000 votes. The Harapan candidate has 53,206 votes whereas Azmin has 41,329 votes.
There are 14 ballot boxes to be counted.
PN wins in Masjid Tanah and Tanjong Karang
10.52pm: Masjid Tanah incumbent Mas Ermieyati Shamsuddin, who is from PN, retains the seats with a 4,411-vote majority.
Mas had been a two-term BN MP for the seat before she leaving the party in 2018 and later joining Bersatu.
Meanwhile, PN also captures the Tanjong Karang seat from BN with a 2,180-vote majority.
In both Tanjong Karang and Masjid Tanah, BN was in second place while Muda came in third.
Official: Muhyiddin wins Pagoh with 10k majority
10.50pm: PN chief Muhyiddin Yassin retains Pagoh with a 10,007-vote majority. However, his vote share decreased to 45.9 percent of the total votes.
Muhyiddin secured 24,986 votes, followed by Harapan with 14,979 votes and BN with 14,426 votes.
Unofficial: Harapan keeps Lembah Pantai, Pejuang loses deposit
10.45pm: Harapan's Fahmi Fadzil retains his Lembah Pantai seat with a majority of more than 13,000 votes, according to unofficial count.
He defeats BN's Ramlan Shahean @ Askolani and PN's Fauzi Abu Bakar.
Pejuang's Asmah Mohd Razali loses her deposit.
DAP retains 10 state seats in Perak
10.40pm: Ipoh, Perak - DAP appears to have retained 10 state seats by garnering over 15,000 votes respectively, according to unofficial results.
The seats are:
- Jalong (15,864)
- Pokok Assam (16,518)
- Aulong (16,787)
- Pantai Remis (19,538)
- Pasir Bedamar (21,061)
- Buntong (21,121)
- Astaka (21,136)
- Jelapang (21,552)
- Canning (22,111)
- Menglembu (22,903)
All these seats were won by DAP in GE14.
Before the dissolution, Pakatan Harapan has 23 seats – DAP, 15, Amanah, 5, and PKR, 3 – in the 59-seat state assembly.
Meanwhile, the ruling PN-BN coalition had 35 seats – BN, 25, PN, 8 and PBM (Parti Bangsa Malaysia), 2.
Official: Larry Sng retains Julau
10.35pm: PBM leader Larry Sng retains his Julau parliament seat with a 1,340-vote majority.
Sng won the seat as an independent in 2018 before joining PKR and later defecting after the Sheraton Move.
In Lubok Antu, GPS has captured the seat from incumbent Jugah Muyang.
Like Sng, Jugah also won the seat in 2018 as an independent, before joining PKR and then quitting in 2020 and joining Bersatu.
Meanwhile, DAP's Mordi Bimol has retained the Mas Gading seat for Harapan.
Over in Puncak Borneo, former PKR incumbent Willie Anak Mongin - who quit PKR during the Sheraton Move - has officially retained the seat under the GPS banner.
Warisan's Leiking loses Penampang to Harapan
10.32pm: Harapan's Ewon Benedick stages an upset by defeating the incumbent Warisan's Darell Leiking in Penampang by a majority of 14,410 votes.
According to official results, Ewon picked up 29,066 votes against Leiking's 14,656.
GRS' Kenny Chua picked up 6,719 votes while independent candidate Richard Jimmy lost his deposit.
Meanwhile, the EC declares PN the winner in Labuan.
Suhaili Abdul Rahman picked up 8,124 votes with a slim majority of 708 votes, with BN's Bashir Alias coming in second.
In Tawau, Harapan's candidate and incumbent Christina Liew loses her seat to GRS' Lo Su Fui, according to unofficial results..
Video surfaces of Dr Dzul celebrating
10.30pm: Although there are no official results for the Kuala Selangor seat, a video is making the rounds showing Harapan candidate Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, flanked by supporters, raising his hands in celebration.
Dzulkefly’s main opponent for the parliament seat is caretaker finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from BN, who is making his electoral debut.
Syed Saddiq to win Muar, Harapan takes Sekijang
10.25pm: Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman is set to win in Muar.
With 130 out of 132 ballot boxes counted, Saddiq has a 1,173-vote majority. Trailing close is Johor PAS chief Abdullah Hussein with 18,276 votes.
BN is in third place with 14,411 votes.
Meanwhile, PKR also officially won the Sekijang seat, with a 1,734 vote majority.
‘Defector’ Rashid loses Batu Pahat seat to Harapan
10.15pm: Outgoing Dewan Rakyat deputy speaker Rashid Hasnon fails to retain the Batu Pahat seat.
Unofficial results show that Harapan candidate Onn Abu Bakar is leading with an unassailable 15,000-vote majority.
Onn has 41,880 votes while Rashid - who is with Bersatu - has 25,949 votes.
BN is in third place with 21,749 votes while Pejuang has 381 votes and PRM 266 votes.
Rashid won Batu Pahat under PKR in 2018 before defecting in 2020 during the Sheraron Move.
Zahid indicates need for alliance to form govt
10.15pm: Based on the current situation, BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says the coalition may need to form an alliance to form the government.
"Not yet," he tells Malaysiakini in a text message when asked if he is confident that BN can form the government on its own.
"Most likely by forming an alliance," he adds when quizzed further.
Ahmad Maslan retains Pontian, Azalina wins Pengerang
10.10pm: Umno secretary-general Ahmad Maslan has retained Pontian, according to unofficial results.
Ahmad has 23,201 votes, followed by PN with 17,443 votes.
Harapan came in third with 15,901 votes, while Pejuang had 306 votes.
Meanwhile, Pengerang incumbent Azalina Othman Said officially wins her seat.
Negeri MB unleashes tsunami in PD, drowns MIC candidate
10.05pm: Harapan's candidate for the Port Dickson seat, Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun, scores a landslide win.
Unofficial numbers show he is leading with a majority of more than 38,000 votes. BN's P Kamalanathan is trailing second with 18,827 votes.
This is PKR's first win in the seat which was formerly held by its president Anwar Ibrahim.
Ali Biju retains Saratok
10.03pm: Bersatu's Ali Biju has officially retained his Saratok seat. Ali first won the seat in 2018 as a PKR candidate. He defected in 2020 during the Sheraton Move.
According to official results, Ali bagged 19,223 votes and won with a 8,826-vote majority.
GPS came in second with 10,397 votes while Harapan trailed far behind with just 1,221 votes.
‘Welcome to Subang’ - Wong Chen declares victory
10.02pm: "Welcome to Subang everybody," says Harapan’s Subang candidate Wong Chen as he joins other candidates at the Grand Dorsett Hotel.
The incumbent tells reporters he expects to defend his seat after unofficial results show that he has crossed the 51 percent mark at around 9.45pm.
"We can expect official numbers soon but for now I have crossed the 51 percent threshold," he says.
Hamzah arrives at PN’s command centre
10.00pm: Glenmarie Golf and Country Resort - PN secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin arrives at the coalition's command centre.
His vehicle is seen entering the compound but does not stop at the grand ballroom, where the media is stationed.
Anwar ahead in Tambun, Peja second
9.50pm: Ipoh, Perak – Unofficial results show that Anwar Ibrahim is leading his opponents in Tambun.
Anwar is ahead with 8,254 votes whereas Perak PN chief Ahmad Faizal Azumu has 8,009 votes followed by BN’s Aminuddin Md Hanafiah (4,771) and Pejuang’s Abdul Rahim Tahir (161).
This is after 55 out of 280 ballot boxes were counted.
Unofficial: Maszlee falls to ex-MB in Sg Renggam
9.50pm: Unofficial results from the EC indicates that former Johor menteri besar Hasni Mohammad has won Simpang Renggam.
With 110 out of 111 ballot boxes counted, Hasni is almost 2,000 votes ahead over the Harapan incumbent Maszlee Malik.
Malaysiakini's calculations indicate that Hasni has a winning majority and Maszlee is unlikely to catch up.
PN has 9,007 votes while Pejuang has 246 votes.
Zahid leads in Bagan Datuk, 103 ballot boxes to go
9.45pm: After 22 of 125 boxes were counted, BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is leading in Bagan Datuk with 2,157 votes in the four-way tussle. Harapan’s Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin is in second with 1,455 votes.
Taib’s daughter retains Mukah with landslide win
9.43pm: The EC declares that Sarawak governor Abdul Taib Mahmud's daughter Hanifah Hajar Taib has retained Mukah with a landslide majority of more than 15,000 votes.
The GPS candidate picked up 21, 733 votes in a straight fight against Harapan's Abdul Jalil Bujang who bagged 6,047 votes.
The EC also declares that GPS is the winner in Lawas.
Meanwhile, unofficial numbers show GPS is headed for victories in Kapit and Santubong, assuming the turnout is about 60 percent, consistent with other Sarawak seats.
Harapan retains three seats in Johor
9.40pm: Harapan has retained three seats in Johor, according to unofficial results. The seats are Iskandar Puteri (Liew Chin Tong), Kulai (Teo Nie Ching) and Labis (Pang Hok Liong).
In Labis, Pang claims to have won with a majority of 1,206 votes against MCA's Chua Tee Yong.
Muda celebrates despite close fight in Muar
9.35pm: Muda is celebrating in Muar although unofficial results indicate a close fight between incumbent Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and Johor PAS chief Abdullah Hussein.
The Muda Muar account tweeted "Alhamdulillah (thank God), thank you Muar" while Syed Saddiq tweeted a hashtag that reads "Muar is ours".
Unofficial: Shahidan leads in Arau
9.30pm: Arau incumbent Shahidan Kassim, who is contesting under the PN ticket after being dropped by Umno, is leading with 2,995 votes against BN’s Rozabil Abd Rahman 891 and Harapan’s Fathin Amelina 783.
This is after 14 of the 118 ballot boxes have been counted.
Muhyiddin arrives at PN command centre
9.27pm: PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin arrives at Glenmarie Golf and Country Resort in Shah Alam. The coalition is using the ballroom as its command centre.
Perak BN leader Saarani arrives at state Umno building
9.25pm: Ipoh, Perak - Perak BN chairperson Saarani Mohamad arrives at the state Umno building along with several party candidates contesting in state assembly seats.
Decked in a BN blue polo tee and a BN jacket, Saarani is all smiles as he greets coalition members and supporters who are gathered here.
He is here to watch the incoming GE15 results.
PN leads in all eight seats in Terengganu
9.20pm: PN is heading towards a clean sweep in Terengganu – it is leading in all eight parliamentary seats in the state, according to unofficial count.
The seats are:
- Besut (PN has 17,279 votes)
- Setiu (10,804 votes)
- Kuala Nerus (24,805 votes)
- Kuala Terengganu (23,998 votes)
- Marang (38,287 votes)
- Hulu Terengganu (23,979 votes)
- Dungun (10,460 votes)
- Kemaman (44,357 votes)
All these seats were won by PAS in GE14, except for Besut which was won by BN.
Former Terengganu MB Ahmad Said is contesting for BN in Kemaman.
Harapan wins Kota Kinabalu, Bandar Kuching
9.10pm: The seat of Kota Kinabalu goes to the incumbent, Harapan's Chan Foong Hin.
He has taken more than half of the estimated total votes, according to DAP sources.
In Sarawak, Harapan's Bandar Kuching candidate Kelvin Yii retains his seat, based on unofficial vote count.
MCA president Wee holds on to Ayer Hitam
9pm: MCA president Wee Ka Siong has retained the Ayer Hitam seat, according to unofficial results.
With just about 1,200 votes uncounted, Wee is leading by 2,524 votes.
Latest results from MCA has Wee bagging 17,833 votes, while Harapan's Sheikh Omar has 15,309.
PN's candidate Muhammad Syafiq Aziz has 10,953.
It looks like Wee has increased his majority at the 2018 general election, where he narrowly defeated DAP’s Liew Chin Tong by 303 votes.
Harapan retains three seats in Penang, one in KL
8.55pm: Pakatan Harapan has won the seats of Bagan, Tanjong and Bukit Mertajam in Penang, and Bukit Bintang in Kuala Lumpur according to unofficial count.
Bagan is won by the DAP chairperson Lim Guan Eng while Tanjong is won by his sister, Lim Hui Ying.
Bukit Mertajam is won by Steven Sim, while Bukit Bintang by Fong Kui Lin.
These seats are DAP strongholds.
Azmin falls further behind, Harapan increases lead to 5k votes
8.50pm: Harapan's lead in Gombak widens to about 5,000 votes.
According to the unofficial count, Amirudin Shari has picked up 17,033 votes, followed by PN's Azmin Ali with 11,262 votes.
BN is third with 6,822 votes while Gerakan Tanah Air Jamaludin Md Tahir and independent candidate Zulkifli Ahmad have received 520 votes and 132 votes respectively.
Official: GPS wins Igan
8.45pm: GPS' Ahmad Johnie Zawawi bagged 15,824 votes and has a majority of 14,662 votes against his Harapan opponent Hud Andri. The latter has lost his deposit.
PKR leading in 22 seats
8.45pm: PKR deputy president Rafizi Ramli says the party is leading in 22 seats while BN and PN are leading in seven respectively. This is based on unofficial results sourced through his data analytics company, Invoke's application, Cista.
Tight race in Alor Gajah
8.42pm: Unofficial results from Amanah places former Malacca chief minister Adly Zahari in the lead with 14,668 votes after almost half of the ballots counted.
However, Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan Sufian is close behind with 13,466 votes.
PN incumbent, former minister Redzuan Yusof, is trailing in third place with 7,363 votes.
MCA president overtakes DAP challenger, 1k vote lead
8.40pm: MCA president Wee Ka Siong has a 1,000-vote lead in Ayer Hitam against Harapan, with almost 80 percent of ballots counted according to unofficial results.
Wee has 14,898 vote, while DAP's Sheikh Omar Bagharib Ali has 13,845 votes.
PN is in third place with 8,900 votes.
GPS wins second seat - Tanjong Manis
8.35pm: According to numbers released by Unit Komunikasi Awam Sarawak, the GPS candidate Yusof Abdul Ahmad has enough votes to win Tanjong Manis.
Yusof, the incumbent from PBB, is leading with 11,046 votes in a straight fight against Pakatan Harapan's Zainab Suhaili.
Two-thirds of the votes have been counted, and based on the number of voters and estimated turnout, Zainab will not be able to close the gap.
Unofficial: Harapan leading in Batu Pahat, PN second, BN third
8.35pm: Unofficial results from PKR put Harapan in the lead in Batu Pahat, with 29,591 votes out of 61 percent of ballots counted so far.
PN incumbent Rashid Hasnon - who defected from PKR in 2020 - is reportedly trailing in second place with 15,618 votes.
BN is in third place with 12,972 votes, while PRM has just 196 votes.
LSF personnel deployed outside Klang school
8.32pm: Klang, Selangor - Two teams of police Light Strike Force (LSF) are on standby outside the Kolej Vokasional Klang to ensure there is no repeat of what took place in 2018 when voters protested alleged interference with the ballots.
The LSF and a convoy of police cars will accompany Election Commission officers carrying the ballot boxes to the Klang Municipal Council Hamzah Hall.
Earlier this evening, just before voting ended at 6pm, a crowd started to gather outside the government vocational school in Bayu Perdana cheering and waving flags at passing cars that honked in support.
The vocational school is one of the two largest voting centres in the constituency.
Peja arrives at PN command centre
8.30pm: Flashing a wide smile, Bersatu deputy president Mohd Faizal Azumu arrives at Glenmarie Golf and Country Resort in Shah Alam. PN is using the grand ballroom as its command centre.
The former Perak menteri besar is locking horns with Harapan chairperson and the coalition’s prime minister candidate Anwar Ibrahim for the Tambun parliament seat in Perak.
Padang Serai voters unaware of postponement
8.25pm: Padang Serai, Kedah - Bernama reports that some Padang Serai voters are unaware the election there had been postponed and turned up at polling centres to vote.
One hearing-impaired voter reportedly handed a piece of paper to its reporter with the question why the polling centre was closed, after driving 14km from Bukit Mertajam with his family to vote.
The voter Saad-Idi Ismail, 43, reportedly looked shocked when told the election was postponed following PKR candidate M Karupaiya's death.
Another voter Low Teck Chai, 28, reportedly tells Bernama he knew of Karupaiya's death but was not aware of the postponement.
A security guard at the SK Sri Limau polling centre says about 40 voters turned up as of 3pm.
“Pity them. There was also a family from Kuala Lumpur,” the guard Muhammad Zuhairi Asri is quoted as saying.
Fadillah wins Petra Jaya for GPS
8.23pm: Outgoing works minister Fadillah Yusof has unofficially won Petra Jaya for GPS with 44,906 votes - crossing the 50 percent vote threshold.
Harapan is trailing behind by 34,000 votes, while KDM has just 862 votes.
The Sarawak public communications unit (Ukas) - a state government entity - is also reporting that GPS is leading in several seats.
In Kota Samarahan, GPS incumbent Rubiah Wang is reportedly 16 votes ahead of Harapan. In Batang Sadong, unofficial results place GPS with a 8,000-vote lead against Harapan.
Amirudin extends his lead over Azmin
8.20pm: As of 8.17pm, Harapan candidate Amirudin Shari is more than 4,000 votes ahead of PN’s Azmin Ali in the battle for Gombak. The Selangor menteri besar has 12,687 votes and Azmin 8,157.
In third is BN’s Megat Zulkarnain with 5,220 votes.
Issues with vote tally in Segambut
8.15pm: In the Harapan stronghold, incumbent Hannah Yeoh says the party is unable to release unofficial results from polling stations.
She says the presiding officers in the polling stations do not want to sign the Form 14 of Harapan's polling and counting agents, she adds on Twitter.
Form 14 is also known as “Borang Penyata Pengundian Selepas Pengiraan Undi” and shows the total number of votes counted.
The form is signed by the presiding officers at a polling station to confirm the tally at that station.
Syed Saddiq arrives at Grand Dorsett
8.12pm: Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman arrives at the Grand Dorsett Hotel to join other Harapan leaders and candidates.
Others present are Pasir Gudang candidate Hassan Karim and Putrajaya candidate Dr Noraisyah Mydin Abdul Aziz.
Unofficial: S’gor MB ahead of Azmin in Gombak
8.10pm: Pakatan Harapan claims its candidate, Selangor Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari, is ahead of the incumbent from PN, Azmin Ali, in the race for the Gombak parliament seat.
As of 8pm, Amiruddin bagged 8,980 votes and Azmin 5,99I. Whereas the candidate from BN has 3,927 votes.
EC worker dies on the job
8pm: An EC staff member died while on duty at a polling station in Klang this afternoon, police say.
The 45-year-old man fainted while on duty at Sekolah ACS Methodist Jalan Raya Barat and was sent to Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in an ambulance.
He died in the emergency room and the cause of death is yet to be determined.
According to the deceased's wife, he had heart disease.
Unofficial: Harapan leading in Pasir Gudang
7.50pm: Unofficial results from Pakatan Harapan shows that its candidate is in the lead for the Pasir Gudang parliament seat in Johor.
PKR incumbent MP Hassan Karim has 7,066 votes, BN 3,548 votes, PN 2,004 votes and Pejuang 74 votes.
In other words, Hassan Karim has a 3,518-vote majority.
Unofficial: DAP leads against MCA president, ex-president’s son
7.46pm: DAP has taken back the lead from BN in Labis, with about half of the total votes counted.
DAP's Pang Hok Liang now has 7,365 votes, DAP sources show.
BN's Chua Tee Yong trails with 6,004 votes followed by PN's Alvin Chang with 2,174.
In Ayer Itam, DAP's Sheikh Umar Baghraib Ali has a slight lead against BN's Wee Ka Siong and PN's Muhammad Syafiq A Aziz, with about two-thirds of ballots to be counted.
Meanwhile, DAP's numbers show the party is also leading in Kota Melaka, Bukit Bintang, Bakri, Rasah and Ayer Itam.
Pahang turnout at 75.62 percent
7.42pm: The total turnout for Pahang is 75.62 percent. The Election Commission is yet to announce the national turnout at the close of polling. At 4pm, it was 70 percent.
DAP claims it is pulling ahead in Sibu
7.35pm: Unofficial reports from DAP put it in the lead in Sibu with 19,230 votes while GPS has 11,159 votes. PSB president Wong Soon Koh is trailing with just 4,575 votes thus far.
DAP also claims to have a 6,600-vote lead in Bandar Kuching, bagging 10,029 votes at the time of writing. GPS is trailing in Bandar Kuching with just 3,438 votes while PSB has 374 votes.
Grand ballroom is PN’s command centre
7.30pm: Glenmarie Golf and Country Resort, Shah Alam - PN is using the grand ballroom as its command centre to monitor the election results.
So far, only party workers are at the premises ensuring everything is in order before the leaders arrive. There is also a big screen to display live updates from counting centres nationwide.
According to a party official, PN chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin and other leaders will arrive after the Maghrib prayers.
Harapan leaders ditch Sheraton for Grand Dorsett
7.25pm: Harapan leaders have gathered at the Grand Dorsett Hotel in Subang Jaya, where unofficial results are displayed on a large screen.
Tables are set up for the media outside the hall while leaders and candidates will be meeting in the ballroom.
Security personnel ensure that only media and authorised party members are allowed into the designated area.
The mood so far remains calm and a sprinkling of supporters are in the lobby.
In the previous election, Harapan leaders were at the Sheraton Hotel when it was announced that the coalition won the polls. Twenty-two months later, the same venue had sealed Harapan’s fate.
Baru Bian has 310-vote lead with 5 ballot boxes to go
7.20pm: Unofficial results reported by Bernama puts PSB's Baru Bian in the lead for the Lawas seat with 310 votes after 77 out of 82 ballot boxes had been counted.
Baru was formerly with PKR, before leaving the party during the Sheraton Move.
However, he did not join or support the PN-BN government, and instead joined PSB - which is the biggest opposition party in Sarawak.
Baru's opponents in Lawas are outgoing deputy transport minister Henry Sum Agong from GPS and Harapan's Japar Suyut.
Johor’s final turnout at 72.66pct
7.10pm: This is 17.75 percent higher than the turnout during the Johor state election in March. In terms of actual numbers, it is 2.6 million. This is 1.2 million more than the state election.
The results of the Johor state election served as one of the main reasons for Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to push for a general election in order to capitalise on the swing in support for BN.
Hung Parliament - Bersih's 10 recommendations
6.50pm: The proposals are:
1) A government is formed through cross-party negotiations by party leaders, and not through statutory declarations or interviews with individual MPs This is to avoid dragging Istana Negara into the fray.
2) The biggest block gets priority to form government first, and is given a timespan to do so. Once that period ends, it will be the turn of the second-biggest block to attempt to form the government.
3) Parties who form governments will roll out policies guided by their respective manifestos.
4) The government should serve a full term with a comfortable majority to instil public confidence.
5) A vote of confidence in the prime minister in Parliament within two weeks of appointment, to bolster the government's legitimacy and prevent attempts to unseat him.
6) All agreements to supply confidence or form coalitions to be made public.
7) The formation and recognition of a shadow cabinet with commensurate salaries and resources.
8) Legislation to ensure equitable distribution of development funds to constituencies, to ensure a level playing field.
9) The Political Financing Act, mooted under the Najib Abdul Razak, Mahathir Mohamad and Ismail Sabri Yaakob administrations, be passed in Parliament. It must include public funding for political parties based on vote share at the last election.
10) Separation of public prosecution from the tAttorney General's Chambers to protect coalition governments from allegations of unchecked power, and for existing court cases to go one uninterrupted. All MPs with pending court cases should stay out of cabinet.
VoteM’sia delivers 35k ballots from overseas
6.45pm: The VoteMalaysia movement says it has successfully brought home 35,092 ballot papers from 25 countries, and then delivered it to returning officers in 216 constituencies nationwide.
This amounts to 73 percent of all Category 1B postal voters registered with the Election Commission.
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Voter claims someone else voted in his name
6.40pm: Lembah Pantai: A voter claims he was barred from voting because someone voted in his name.
The man, who identified himself as Jega, says he tried to vote at SK Petaling 1 & 2.
"When I was in the polling room, I found someone had voted in my name.
"When I checked, it turns out the other person's IC number was different but he had voted using my name," he says in a video circulated to the media by Pakatan Harapan's Lembah Pantai campaign team.
The incensed voter says he will lodge a police report.
Besides Jega, another voter in Rawang had a similar experience and lodged a police report.
Hardly any BN supporters at WTC
6.35pm: World Trade Centre (WTC), Kuala Lumpur - Four giant screens have been placed in the Tun Hussein Onn Hall for BN leaders to monitor the election results.
Unlike previous polls, there are hardly any supporters in sight for now.
Turnout rate at 70pct as of 4pm
6.30pm: In terms of total voters, this is 2.5 million more than the number of voters who cast their ballots in the watershed 2018 polls.
The Election Commission has yet to release the turnout rates for 5pm and 6pm.
Unofficial tallies trickle in for Sibu, Labis
6.20pm: In Sibu, Astro Awani reports that GPS‘ Clarence Ting is leading with 2,332 votes, while DAP's Oscar Ling is trailing with1,670 votes and PSB's Wong Soon Koh is last with 1,624 votes.
But it is still very early in the count. This is less than five percent of the total registered voters in Sibu.
Meanwhile, in Labis, BN's Chua Tee Yong is leading, garnering 388 votes, trailing is Harapan's Pang Hok Liang with 249 votes and PN's Alvin Chang with 72 votes, Awani reports.
This is less than one percent of total registered voters.
Chua is the son of former MCA president Dr Chua Soi Lek.
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