PERMATANG PAUH, November 20 – After 40 years, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was appointed as the Member of Parliament for Permatang Pauh and after that his wife, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, finally his son, Nurul Izzah handed over his family’s legacy seat to the opposing party. The 15th General Election (GE15) created history when the parliamentary constituency which had been a stronghold of PKR since 1982 now changed hands to Pas who contested on the Perikatan Nasional (PN) ticket.
The incumbent, Nurul Izzah, representing Pakatan Harapan (PH) lost to PN-Pas candidate Muhammad Fawwaz Mat Jan with a majority of 5,272 votes. Muhammad Fawwaz got 37,638 votes while Nurul Izzah, who is also PKR Vice President, got 32,366 votes while the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate, Datuk Mohd Zaidi Mohd Said (16,971 votes) and Mohd Nasir Othman (Pejuang-Putra) got 473 votes.
Muhammad Fawwaz, who is also the Penang PAS Youth Leader, said he was grateful and hoped to be able to realize his promises in this five-year period. I want to apologize if I made a mistake during the campaign and I want to unite Permatang Pauh. We are all brothers,” he told reporters at the National Youth Advanced Skills Institute (IKTBN) in Bukit Mertajam, here, this morning. In the 6th GE, April 1982, Anwar, contesting on a BN ticket, wrested the seat from Pas when he defeated Zabidi Ali with a majority of 14,352 votes.
