KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 -- PKR strategy director Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir will lodge a formal protest with the party's Election Committee (JPP) over the Johor Baru division poll results, which saw him lose his seat as division chief.

Akmal, who is also deputy minister of energy transition and water transformation, was defeated by Johor Youth Chief Mohamad Taufiq Ismail, in what many saw as a surprise upset.

Official figures show Akmal garnered 587 votes to Taufiq's 709.

He said the move to contest the result came after Get Out The Voters (GOTV) operations lead Stanley Tan Boon Heng - who oversaw voting on the day - filed a statutory declaration confirming that at least 949 votes had gone to Akmal.

"These figures aren't just GOTV tall...