<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p>KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): The Election Commission of Malaysia (EC) has announced that a by-election&nbsp;for the Subang parliamentary constituency will not be held following the resignation of its incumbent, Wong Chen, as the member of Parliament.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p data-path-to-node="1">EC chairman Datuk Seri Ramlan Harun said this is based on Article 54(1) of the Federal Constitution, as Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Dr&nbsp;Johari Abdul has informed the EC that there is no need to fill the vacancy.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p data-path-to-node="2">“No by-election for the P.104 Subang Parliamentary Constituency will be held,” he said in a statement on Tuesday night.</p></div><div class=inPageAd id=div-gpt-ad-inpage></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p data-path-to-node="3">He added&nbsp;that the EC received notification from Johari via a letter dated Tuesday (Aug 11) regarding the status of the casual vacancy of the Subang parliamentary seat after it was declared vacant under Article 51 of the Federal Constitution.</p></div>

<div class=newsTextDataWrapInner><p data-path-to-node="4">Earlier, Johari confirmed at the special meeting of the Dewan Rakyat on Tuesday that he had officially received Wong Chen's resignation notice on Monday (Aug 10).</p></div>

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KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 11): The Election Commission of Malaysia (EC) has announced that a by-election for the Subang parliamentary constituency will not be held following the resignation of its incumbent, Wong Chen, as the member of Parliament.

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