PETALING JAYA: Nilai assemblyman J Arul Kumar has been appointed Negeri Sembilan DAP chairman effective today, DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook said according to Bernama.
Loke announced his resignation as state chairman on Aug 3 to take responsibility for the party’s loss of two seats, including Chennah, in the state polls two days earlier.
The transport minister lost Chennah to Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Siow Kong Choon by 688 votes, which prevented him from securing a fourth consecutive term as the constituency’s assemblyman.
Arul retained his seat in the state election, polling 15,797 votes in a five-cornered race against BN’s Lai Chien Kong (9,860), Bersatu’s V K Saravana (718), Berjasa’s Zamani Ibrahim (5,844) and independent Omar Isa (167).
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