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Aby-election was held for theKelantan State Assembly seat ofChempaka on 22 March 2015 following the nomination day on 10 March 2015.[1] The seat fell vacant after the death of the incumbent five-term assemblyman and former Menteri Besar of Kelantan,Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat from prostate cancer inKubang Kerian,Kelantan on 12 February 2015.[2] Niz Aziz was a member ofPAS, part of thePakatan Rakyat coalition. Nik Abdul Aziz had retained the seat in the13th General Election in 2013 by beating Wan Razman Wan Abd Razak of theBarisan Nasional with a majority of 6,500 votes.[3]
The Chempaka by-election saw a five-way battle betweenPAS's Ahmad Fathan Mahmood and independent candidates Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary, Fadzillah Hussin, Aslah Mamat and Sharif Mahmood.[4] Sharif Mahmood is the vice-president of Malay rights groupPerkasa[5] and also a member of theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He and Fadzillah Hussin were sacked by UMNO for contesting in the Chempaka by-election. UMNO had resolved not to contest the election, ostensibly to focus on flood relief efforts in Kelantan.[6][7]
PAS candidate Ahmad Fathan Mahmood won the election with a landslide garnering 96.4% of the votes.[8][9][10] All four independent candidates lost their election deposits for failing to garner 10% of the votes.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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| PAS | Ahmad Fathan Mahmood | 10,899 | 91.80 | |||
| Independent | Sharif Mahmood | 807 | 6.80 | |||
| Independent | Fadzillah Hussin | 89 | 0.75 | |||
| Independent | Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary | 51 | 0.43 | |||
| Independent | Aslah Mamat | 27 | 0.23 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,873 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 140 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 7 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,020 | 54.91 | ||||
| Registered electors | 21,890 | |||||
| Majority | 10,092 | |||||
| PAShold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Pilihan Raya Kecil N.06 Chempaka".Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived fromthe original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved2018-09-19. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.06 Chempaka for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 88/2015]"(PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 10 March 2015. Retrieved2018-09-19.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statement of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes for the By-election of N.06 Chempaka [P.U. (B) 150/2015]"(PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2 April 2015. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2019-12-28. Retrieved2018-09-19. | ||||||
