According to official results, PH’s Suhaizan won the seat with a 18,641-vote majority over Zulkifli.

Meanwhile, independent candidate Samsudin Fauzi bagged 528 votes.

Suhaizan said the results in Johor have shown that Johoreans do not support “extreme politics”, this coming after PH’s Nazri Abdul Rahman won the Simpang Jeram state seat after beating PN’s Dr Mazri Yahya.

“To those who have claimed that there is a ‘Green wave’ in Johor… It seems like this is not true,” said Suhaizan.

“Johor is unique. It does not want extreme politics,” he said during his speech at a PH gathering.

He also thanked Barisan Nasional for helping him during the campaign.

He said Umno helped PH to make inroads into areas which were previously not PH friendly, with MIC going door to door to drum up support among the Indian community and MCA doing the same to gain Chinese votes.

Meanwhile, Zulkifli said that even though PN had lost the battle for the seat, the coalition managed to put up a good fight.

“We tried our best,” he said.

The by-election was called following the death of its incumbent, Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub, who was also the Simpang Jeram assemblyman.

In a statement, the Election Commission said voter turnout for the Pulai by-election was 47.33%.

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