2000 Telok Kemang by-election


The 2000 Telok Kemang by-election was a by-election that was held on 10 June 2000 for the Dewan Rakyat seat of Telok Kemang, Negeri Sembilan. It was called following the death of its Member of Parliament, S. A. Anpalagan on 28th April 2000. Anpalagan won the seat on 1999 Malaysian general election with a 9,942 majority.
S. Sothinathan of Barisan Nasional won the seat against KeADILan candidate Ruslan Kasim with a majority of 5,972 votes.The seat have 66,646 registered voters.

Nomination

Nomination day is on 30th May 2000. Barisan Nasional nominated MIC president political secretary, S. Sothinathan. KeADILan nominated its information chief and Negeri Sembilan chairman, Ruslan Kasim.