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[UPDATED] Nurul Izzah rises to No. 2 in PKR, unseats Rafizi

[UPDATED] Nurul Izzah rises to No. 2 in PKR, unseats Rafizi

KUALA LUMPUR: Nurul Izzah Anwar has been elected as the new PKR deputy president with 9,803 votes, defeating incumbent Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli in the party's polls.
The latter garnered 3,866 votes.
The official result was announced by PKR election committee chairman Datuk Seri Dr Zaliha Mustafa during the party's National Congress in Johor Baru tonight.
Even before PKR went to the polls today, 200 out of the 222 PKR divisions had voiced support for Nurul Izzah's bid.
Her announcement to contest the post came after numerous divisions and national PKR leaders called for her to do so.
Today's voting was held to elect members of the Central Leadership Council, the Angkatan Muda Keadilan (AMK) Leadership Council, and the Wanita Keadilan Leadership Council, from 8am to 5pm.
A total of 32,030 delegates were eligible to vote, comprising 22,936 online voters and 9,094 physical voters.
PKR's Top 6:
President:
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy President:
Nurul Izzah Anwar
Vice-presidents:
1. Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari
2. Datuk Seri R. Ramanan
3. Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun
4. Chang Lih Kang
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