Official: PAS retains Sg Limau with smaller majority

SG LIMAU The polling stations are now closed and ballots are being counted. Official results are expected by about 10pm but Malaysiakini will be keeping tabs on the unofficial results until then.

The Sungai Limau contest is between BN's Ahmad Sohaimi Lazaim, 53, and PAS' Mohd Azam Samat, 37. The seat is considered a PAS stronghold because it was won by the late Azizan Abdul Razak for five elections in a row.

Azizan eventually rose to become the Kedah menteri besar in 2008 but his party lost grip of the state after the 13th general election.

PAS is looking to expand the 2,774 majority won in May while BN is looking to finally wrest the seat from PAS with their "Dare to Migrate" slogan, with the help of newly minted Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir.

An estimated 85.5 percent of the 27,222 voters in the constitutency have cast their ballots as at 5pm.

LIVE REPORTS
8.50pm: Official results - PAS' Mohd Azam Samat wins.
PAS - 12,096
BN - 10,985
Majority - 1,084