A parliament by-election was held on 7 April 2009 in the parliamentary seat of Bukit Gantang, Perak. There was a turnout of 41,626 voters and whereby there were 456 spoilt votes. PAS candidate and Menteri Besar, Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin defeated BN candidate Ismail Saffian by a majority of 2,789 votes.
1Lost his deposit because of failing to obtain 1/8 of the votes.
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Bukit Gantang by-election, 2009 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA