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[...] In the recent general election, the votes for the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary constituency were split almost 50:50. The calun bebas got about 600 votes, which is about the number of votes that PAS lost. If there were no calun bebas what would have been the outcome? Would Umno still have won or would that seat now be a PAS seat? If PAS had won then this would mean we would not be seeing a by-election come 17 January 2009.
Yes, Kuala Terengganu is not Kuala Terengganu. Kuala Terengganu is Batu Burok, Wakaf Mempelam, Ladang and Bandar. And Batu Burok is government officers, fishermen and farmers while Bandar is strong Chinese. And the Chinese, who form about 11% of the 80,000 or so voters, are Hokkien and Hainanese. This makes Kuala Terengganu most interesting and extremely unpredictable.
Much will depend on the candidate chosen by PAS and Umno. For PAS, there are four possibilities. Mustapha Ali, Wan Abdul Muttalib Embong, Mohamad Sabu (Mat Sabu) and Dr Syed Azman Syed Ahmad Nawawi. All four have their strengths and weaknesses.
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