2008 Permatang Pauh by-election
http://dbpedia.org/resource/2008_Permatang_Pauh_by-election an entity of type: Thing
A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh on 26 August 2008 with nomination day on 16 August 2008. The seat of Permatang Pauh in the Dewan Rakyat, fell vacant after the resignation of the incumbent, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, on 31 July 2008. Wan Azizah was the Leader of the Opposition as well as the President of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), a component party of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. The by-election was contested by the PR candidate former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. This election has been dubbed "the mother of all by-elections" by the media due to the potentially significant implication of the election as well as the high profile of Anwar Ibrahim.
rdf:langString
rdf:langString
2008 Permatang Pauh by-election
xsd:integer
18674406
xsd:integer
1079445993
xsd:integer
15524
31195
<perCent>
2.48
2.68
<perCent>
80.86
rdf:langString
People's Justice Party
rdf:langString
People's Justice Party
rdf:langString
Anwar Ibrahim
rdf:langString
Arif Shah Omar Shah
rdf:langString
Malaysia
xsd:date
2008-08-26
xsd:integer
2008
rdf:langString
BN
xsd:integer
2013
xsd:integer
2013
rdf:langString
no
rdf:langString
Barisan Nasional
rdf:langString
People's Justice Party
<perCent>
33.16
66.64
xsd:integer
2008
rdf:langString
March 2008
xsd:integer
58459
rdf:langString
Seat of Permatang Pauh
rdf:langString
MP
rdf:langString
parliamentary
rdf:langString
A by-election was held for the Dewan Rakyat parliamentary seat of Permatang Pauh on 26 August 2008 with nomination day on 16 August 2008. The seat of Permatang Pauh in the Dewan Rakyat, fell vacant after the resignation of the incumbent, Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, on 31 July 2008. Wan Azizah was the Leader of the Opposition as well as the President of the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), a component party of the opposition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. The by-election was contested by the PR candidate former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. This election has been dubbed "the mother of all by-elections" by the media due to the potentially significant implication of the election as well as the high profile of Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar won the election and was sworn into Parliament on 28 August 2008, vowing to topple the government with the help of defectors from Barisan Nasional.
xsd:nonNegativeInteger
12913
xsd:date
2008-08-26
rdf:langString
2008 Permatang Pauh by-election
