PKR polls: Chegu Bard leads in five states

The contest for leadership of PKR youth is a close race between Badrul Hisham Shaharin and incumbent Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin.

Sixty-eight divisions have completed their polling and Badrul Hisham aka Chegu Bard is slightly ahead, having garnered 1,133 votes against Shamsul Iskandar’s 1,029.

Chegu Bard is leading in Negeri Sembilan, Malacca, Kedah, Perlis and Penang, but the incumbent is ahead in Perak, Kelantan and Pahang.

The polling is over in all eight divisions in Negeri Sembilan. Shamsul Iskandar has done poorly in the state, dealing a blow to the credibility of the youth chief there, Rebin Birham, who said in September that the incumbent had full support from all divisions except Rembau.

Rembau indeed rejected Shamsul Iskandar, giving him no vote at all, but he also lost in five other divisions.

The results from Negeri Sembilan are as follows:

	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Seremban	9	19
Tampin	6	77
Rembau	0	39
Teluk Kemang	4	41
Rasah	7	12
Jelebu	0	8
Jempol	8	1
Kuala Pilah	12	9

Shamsul Iskandar is also doing poorly in Malacca, the state in which he is the PKR head. There are six divisions in Malacca and four have completed their polling. Voting in Jasin and Kota Melaka is scheduled for next week.

The Malacca results so far:

	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Masjid Tanah	7	21
Alor Gajah	43	52
Tangga Batu	27	38
Bukit Katil	45	17

The results from all other divisions in the peninsula that have completed their voting are as follows:

Perlis
	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Kangar	2	19
Arau	5	0
Padang Besar	1	6

Kedah
	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Langkawi	30	43
Kubang Pasu	20	3
Pokok Sena	0	3
Alor Setar	8	16
Kuala Kedah	14	5
Kulim Bandar Baharu	9	34
Padang Serai	11	20

There are seven more divisions in Kedah that are yet to conduct their elections. They are Jerlun, Pendang, Jerai, Sik, Merbok, Sungai Petani and Baling.

Penang
	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Bagan	8	5
Permatang Pauh	44	41
Kepala Batas	8	23
Tasik Gelugor	2	29
Batu Kawan	26	40
Bukit Mertajam	6	21

The seven Penang divisions that have yet to conduct their elections are Nibong Tebal, Bukit Bendera, Tanjong, Jelutong, Bukit Gelugor, Bayan Baru and Balik Pulau.

Perak
	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Lenggong	12	3
Taiping	11	9
Padang Renggas	11	2
Sungai Siput	8	5
Ipoh Barat	11	8
Batu Gajah	47	18
Beruas	56	9
Parit	16	4
Kampar	16	2
Gerik	Not available at upload time	28
Larut	N.A.	14
Parit Buntar	N.A.	39
Bagan Serai	N.A.	45
Bukit Gantang	N.A.	16
Ipoh Timor	N.A.	15
Kuala Kangsar	N.A.	9
Tambun	10	10

The Perak divisions that have not polled are Gopeng, Tapah, Pasir Salak, Lumut, Bagan Datok, Telok Intan and Tanjung Malim.

Kelantan
	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Tumpat	3
Pengkalan Chepa	6
Kota Bahru	10
Rantau Panjang	14
Kubang Kerian	5
Bachok	5
Ketereh	27
Tanah Merah	62
Pasir Puteh	N.A

The Kelantan divisions of Pasir Mas, Machang, Jeli, Kuala Krai and Gua Musang are yet to conduct their polls.

Pahang
	Shamsul Iskandar	Badrul Hisham
Indera Mahkota	22	12
Pekan	2	1
Lipis	68	2
Maran	12	4
Kuala Krau	40	33
Bentong	32	17
Bera	9	1
Jerantut	19	13
Kuantan	0	21
Cameron Highlands	0	10
Paya Besar	2	20
Rompin	9	12
Raub	5	5
Temerloh	5	5

In the contest for the deputy youth chief, Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin is leading with 1214 votes. His rival, Teja state assemblymen Chang Lih Kang, so far has with 833 votes. Khairul Anuar is Shamsul Iskandar's running mate, and Chang is Chegu Bard's.

For the three vice chief posts in PKR youth, Azmizam Zaman Huri (1107 votes), V. Sivam (840), Chan Ming Kai (793) and Yunus Jamhari (737) are the front runners at the moment. Sivam and Yunus are in Chegu Bard's camp.