2007 Ijok by-election

2007 Ijok by-election

28 April 2007

Ijok seat in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
  BN
Candidate K. Parthiban Abdul Khalid Ibrahim
Party BN (MIC) PKR
Popular vote 5,884 4,034
Percentage 59.33% 40.67%

Ijok assemblyman before election

K. Sivalingam
BN (MIC)

Elected Ijok assemblyman

K. Parthiban
BN (MIC)

The 2007 Ijok by-election was held on 28 April 2007. The seat of Ijok in the State Legislative Assembly of Selangor, Malaysia, fell vacant after the death of the incumbent, K. Sivalingam, on 4 April 2007 from a heart attack. Sivalingam was a member of the state executive council as well as the deputy chairman of the Selangor state Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The by-election was won by the BN candidate K. Parthiban, with a 1,850-vote majority over the opposition candidate, Khalid Ibrahim.