Azmin ahead of Rafizi in Selangor

SHAH ALAM: Despite the postponement of PKR’s election in Kuala Selangor, Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali is leading his challenger, Mohd Rafizi Ramli in the contest for the party’s deputy president post in five divisions yesterday.

Selangor PKR coordinator head, Hassan Yusof said the Economic Affairs Minister received support from all divisions concerned namely Tanjong Karang, Ampang, Pandan, Shah Alam and Hulu Langat.

Mohamed Azmin who was the former Selangor Menteri Besar obtained 4,138 votes while Mohd Rafizi received 2,097 votes.

“The result is however not final as there are more votes which have not been entered into the system,” he told Bernama.

With the latest polls, the accumulated votes secured by Mohamed Azmin in Selangor so far is 18,453 votes while Mohd Rafizi who is also PKR vice president received 15,045 votes.

Earlier, the division election in Kuala Selangor which should have taken place today was postponed due to the absence of telecommunications signals at the voting centre in Kuala Selangor Indoor Stadium.

The police later confirmed the discovery of telecommunications signal barrier (jammer) in the stadium seating area by the Kuala Selangor District Council officer while undergoing cleaning work.

In the first and second phase of the Selangor polls, Mohamed Azmin received support from 10 branches - Sabak Bernam, Sungai Besar, Serdang, Subang, Kota Raja, Sepang, Gombak, Kuala Langat, Petaling Jaya (PJ) and South PJ - while Mohd Rafizi received support from six branches involving Hulu Selangor, Kelana Jaya, Kapar, Klang, Puchong and Selayang.

Selangor has the most number of registered members eligible to vote for 249,850 people. Bernama