KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 -- Rawang assemblyman Chua Wei Kiat has won the Selayang PKR division re-election, held following complaints of rule-breaking and other poll woes earlier.

He received 1,945 votes, which was more than the 1,648 he got in the earlier election on April 12 that was later cancelled.

Chua's win gave him a 252-vote lead over his opponent, Wan Ibnul Bahar Wan Ismail.

One of the original three candidates in Selayang was disqualified before the re-election.

In Jempol, Manivanan Gowin, who works as a political secretary in the PKR presidential office, also won in his division.

He got 571 votes, beating his rivals Asri Abdullah and Mariappan Kattaiyan, who received 229 and 39 votes.

Similar to the Rawang case, the previous w...