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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Malaysia's bellwether by-election 'neck-and-neck' AFP - 1 hour 31 minutes ago KUALA TERENGGANU, Malaysia (AFP) - - Voting closed Saturday in a by-election seen as a test of the Malaysian government's popularity, but the outcome remained in doubt with insiders saying the count was neck-and-neck. The ballot for a vacant parliamentary seat in Kuala Terengganu , the capital of Terengganu state, pits the ruling coalition against the conservative Islamic party PAS, a member of the three-party opposition alliance. Both sides have much to win and lose, with the Barisan Nasional coalition under pressure to show it has clawed back support since disastrous general elections when it lost a third of its parliamentary seats and five states. A win for the Pakatan Rakyat opposition would provide momentum that has flagged since the March 2008 national polls and show it is working effectively despite claims the alliance of three very different parties is under strain. "The whole process has been quite satisfactory. We are quite optimistic as of now," said PAS deputy president Nasaruddin Mat Isa, citing positive results from its exit polls. "As of now we are optimistic," he told AFP. A senior official in UMNO which leads the Barisan Nasional said one of the four constituencies in the Kuala Terengganu electorate had fallen to PAS. "In the other three areas it is neck-and-neck," he told AFP on condition of anonymity. An opinion poll by the Merdeka Centre research firm last week indicated support among majority Muslim Malays was split, and that the votes of the ethnic Chinese who make up 11.6 percent of the electorate could be decisive. The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a party in the Barisan National, said low turnout among Chinese who live outside the state could be positive for the government. "There is a general perception that the outstation Chinese voters are anti-establishment, so low turnout from outstation voters may be good for BN," MCA deputy president Chua Soi Lek told AFP. However, PAS state assemblyman Che Abdullah Mat Nawi claimed a victory for the party in a second of the four constituencies, in downtown Kuala Terengganu, where many ethnic Chinese live. As they cast their votes, both candidates said they were optimistic of winning. "I'm quite happy with the support shown by the Malay and Chinese voters," PAS candidate Mohammad Abdul Wahid Endut said as he stood alongside his wife and five of his nine children. "Whether it turns into votes is another matter. I leave the outcome of this election to the voters and to Allah," he said. Barisan Nasional candidate Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh also said he was confident voters would back him. "I have faith in the voters, I know they will vote intelligently. They will vote for continuity, they will vote for BN," he said. Supporters from both sides were out in force, swamping polling stations with a sea of green PAS posters and blue BN banners and chanting government and opposition slogans under the eye of a heavy police presence. Bridget Welsh, a Southeast Asian expert at the US-based Johns Hopkins University who observed the by-election, said that as voting closed insiders from both camps had said it was "way too close" to call. "No one wants to make a prediction. They are cautious because it is going down to the final count," she said. "The Chinese vote seems to be moving towards PAS but it's very divided." The Kuala Terengganu seat, which Barisan Nasional won with a wafer-thin majority in the March 2008 elections, was vacated last November by the death of a deputy minister. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Asia Pacific Thailand agrees to repatriate 5,000 Hmong refugees to LaosAFP - 21 minutes ago PM admits rights abuses do occurAP - 22 minutes ago Bomb kills 2 Afghans, wounds 6 US troops in KabulAP - 48 minutes ago No Chinese response to memo on Tibet's autonomyAP - 55 minutes ago Philippine troops scour island for Red Cross captivesReuters - 59 minutes ago Enlarge Photo Malaysia's bellwether by-election 'neck-and-neck' Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed Hormone drives sexy women to infidelity, says study 'Dogs don't wear condoms,' says Baywatch star Anderson Michelle Obama's ball gown has fashionistas abuzz Israel poised to call unilateral halt to Gaza onslaught Boy George jailed for 15 months for imprisoning escort View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular

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