by-election result

latest update from malaysiakini:

9.50pm: Final official EC tally – Anwar got 31,195 votes, Arif Shah, 15,524, Hanafi, 92. Anwar won with a majority of 15,671.

Anwar’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, won the seat with a 13,388 majority at the March 8 general elections.

The turnout is 80 percent, or 46,811 voters, which is much higher than what the EC has stated earlier.

Meanwhile, outside Tuanku Bainun Teaching Institute, thousands of jubilant PKR supporters have gathered to embrace their leader’s return to Parliament.

PKR vice-president Azmin Ali is already there to address the crowd numbering some 6,000. Other party leaders like R Sivarasa and Tian Chua are also there.

Anwar is expected to address this ecstatic group of supporters later as well. Tian said that the overwhelming victory showed that "the prime minister’s racial politics is bankrupt".

8pm: Unofficial results: Anwar Ibrahim win with a majority of 16,210 votes. He garnered 26,646 votes while Arif Shah Omar Shah got 10,436.

Anwar’s wife, Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, won the seat with a 13,400 majority at the March 8 general elections.

However, PKR unofficial results – Anwar wins with a majority of 17,652, obtaining 31,949 votes. BN’s Arif Shah garnered 14,297 while Akim’s Hanafi Hamat got 74. Hanafi to lose his RM15,000 deposit. But this figure would mean 46,320 voters cast their ballots instead of the EC’s 38,144.