EC receives notification about Johor’s Mahkota seat vacancy

The Election Commission (EC) has received an official notification from Johor State Assembly Speaker, Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi regarding the vacant Mahkota state seat in Johor.

The seat fell vacant following the death of its incumbent Datuk Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain on August 2 2024.

The EC will hold a special meeting to determine the by-election date for the Mahkota state seat on August 13.

Sharifah Azizah secured the Mahkota seat in the 2022 Johor state poll with 5,166 votes in a three-cornered contest. Previously, she had served a term representing Penawar.

She had undergone treatment for internal bleeding at Enche’ Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital in Kluang on July 31 and passed away on August 2.