The 10 biggest losers of GE14

(MMO) – It has been a stunning night for Malaysians who fought off sleep and exhaustion to see personally the results of the 14th general election announced live on TV by the Election Commission.

Strongholds fell, political party leaders were humbled, and seven states will very soon — in some cases, later today — have new mentris besar or chief ministers.

Here’s Malay Mail’s recap of people who suffered the biggest defeats:

 Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai

The MCA president was defeated by environmental activist Wong Tuck who ran as a Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate. The long-time favourite for Bentong, Pahang lost the parliamentary constituency he had held from 1999-2018 when he polled 23, 684 votes against Wong’s 25,716.

PAS candidate N. Balasubramaniam limped in at third with only 5,706 votes.

This is the first time Barisan Nasional (BN) has lost the seat it has controlled since the first ever general election.

Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong

The Gerakan president who took back Teluk Intan in the 2014 by-election lost it yesterday to Perak DAP chief Nga Kor Ming by 11,179 votes.

The former BN stronghold first crumbled to DAP’s Manogaran Marimuthu in 1999, then Seah Leong Peng before Mah got it back.

Datuk Seri S. Subramaniam

His Segamat, Johor seat has been BN territory since 1974 and toppled for the first time yesterday. The MIC president lost to PH candidate Datuk Seri Edmund Santhara by 5,476 votes.

Businessman Santhara is the founder of the Masterskill Education Group and the PKR national integration bureau chairman.

Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian

The SUPP president and Sarawak minister of local government and housing was trounced by state DAP chief Chong Chieng Jen when both shifted their battleground to Stampin.

Chong beat Dr Sim with a handsome majority of 14,221 votes. Chong, who contested in the parliamentary constituency for the first time, polled 33,060 votes versus Dr Sim’s 18,839 votes.

Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek

The Umno supreme council member lost the Kemaman, Terengganu seat he has held since 2004 to Alias Abdul Hamid of PAS. Shabery has been holding the seat since GE11 and lost the seat to Alias who claimed a 2,163 majority.

The last time an opposition held the seat was Keadilan’s Abdul Rahman Yusof from 1999-2004.

Datuk P. Kamalanathan

Made a deputy education minister after winning Hulu Selangor in the last election, the MIC man was also bested this time. Kamalanathan took the parliamentary constituency in a 2010 by-election when PKR’s Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad died from brain cancer. Prior to Zainal, the seat was held by MIC from 1990.

Datuk Chong Sin Woon

The MCA Youth chief lost his challenge for Seremban to DAP’s Anthony Loke Siew Fook who retained the Negri Sembilan capital for a second term in a row.

Loke took 55,503 of the 110,168 votes while Sin Woon achieved a respectable 24,809.

Tan Sri Shahrir Samad

Johor Baru MP for two lengthy periods — 1978-1986 and 2004-2018 — the Felda chairman was defeated by PH’s Akmal Nasir.

Shahrir who has been JB MP for six terms lost to PKR’s Akmal Nasir who polled 50,052 votes against the former’s 30,270 votes.

Datuk Seri Razali Ibrahim

The Umno man was defeated by “kitten” Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman in the state seat he has occupied for 14 years since 2004. Razali polled 15,388 votes to PPBM Youth chief Syed Saddiq who garnered 22,341 votes.

Datuk Seri Salleh Said Keruak

The Umno treasurer-general and caretaker communications and multimedia minister lost despite having the home ground advantage.

The former Sabah chief minister (1994-1996) lost to Warisan’s Isnaraissah Munirah Majlis by 19,167 to 23,429 votes.