SUNDAY-9TH MARCH 2008- BN LEADS WITH 51 SEATS IN JOHOR

BN leads with 51 seats in Johor

JOHOR BARU:
The Barisan Nasional was leading in 51 of the 56 state seats in Johor at press time. It was trailing only in two parliamentary and five state seats. There are 26 parliamentary seats and 56 state seats. The opposition is leading in the parliamentary seats of Kluang and Bakri and the state seats of Skudai, Bentayan, Mengkibol, Senai and Sungai Abong. In its best showing in the state, the DAP looks set to capture four state seats while Pas, which had been humiliated in other parts of Johor in the past, is leading in Sungai Abong. In the Skudai state constituency, state DAP chairman Dr Boo Cheng Hau is leading against Johor Gerakan chairman Datuk Teo Kok Chee by nearly 5,000 votes.
Except in 2004 when Pas won a seat by default, the BN has made a clean sweep since 1990. Unofficial results in the Bentayan, Senai and Mengkibol state seats show DAP leading by slim margins. Two opposition candidates lost their deposits in Tanjong Surat and Penawar. PKR’s Razak Isa lost his deposit when he only polled 1,279 votes to BN’s Datuk Harun Abdullah, who received 10,487 votes, in Tan- Jung Surat. In Penawar, BN’s Hamimah Mansor defeated Pas’ Md Pai- mon Jasimin. Hamimah polled 11,466 votes to Paimon’s 1,364 votes. MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting beat DAP’s Ng Pak Siong by 11,744 votes. Ong garnered 32,017 votes to Ng’s 20,273.