Lady luck deserts Gerakan in GE13
(Bernama) – The just-concluded 13th general election (GE13) did not favour Gerakan as it ended up with only one parliamentary and three state seats.
It had contested 11 parliamentary and 31 state seats in the hard-fought election which saw Barisan Nasional (BN) returned to power.
The sole parliamentary survivor was Liang Teck Meng who defended the Simpang Renggam seat for a second term by defeating Suhaizan Kaiat of PAS with a 5,706-vote majority.
The three state seats won by the BN component were Sidam in Kedah, Pemanis in Johor and Tanjong Papat in Sabah.
In the 2008 general election, Gerakan won two parliamentary and four state seats.
Conceding defeat and his failure to deliver in the GE13, Teng Chang Yeow announced he would step down as Penang BN chairman and Gerakan secretary-general.
In 2008, Penang fell to the DAP after 39 years under Gerakan.
