Tag: bukit selambau by-election

Ong Kian Ming (Malaysiakini) It is more than two weeks since the by-election in Bukit Selambau. What began as an inauspicious start for Pakatan Rakyat and its candidate ended with an unexpectedly positive outcome for the opposition coalition.

Ong Kian Ming |(Malaysiakini) If Bukit Gantang is the seen as the referendum seat for new Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, Bukit Selambau could be viewed as somewhat of a referendum seat for Anwar Ibrahim, at least on the part of the Indian voters there.

By Shanon Shah (thenutgraph.com) SUNGAI PETANI, 4 April 2009: Like children who have rebelled against their parents but then reconcile, voters in Bukit Selambau are ready to come back to the Barisan Nasional (BN) fold, said Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek today.

By Shannon Teoh (Malaysian Insider) SUNGAI PETANI, April 4 — Last night’s ceramah where PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat formed a tag team with PKR de facto chief Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was just the tonic the opposition needed to consolidate

By Shanon Shah (thenutgraph.com) THE Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) both seem keen to avoid their vulnerabilities in their campaigns to win the state seat of Bukit Selambau in Kedah.

The Nutgraph CAMPAIGNING in the hotly contested state seat of Bukit Selambau, Kedah, has been relatively muted, with both the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) zooming in on each others’ Achilles heels in an escalating psy-war.

Malaysian Insider SUNGAI PETANI, April 1 – Three independent candidates contesting in the Bukit Selambau state by-election have denied that they are financed by the Barisan Nasional (BN).