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MCA's Ling Tian Soon said the higher voter turnout and bigger majority in Yong Peng showed that voters valued proven service over campaign rhetoric.

The Barisan Nasional incumbent retained the seat with a 4,603-vote majority on Saturday (July 11), with turnout rising to 67.38% from 57.5% in the 2022 election.

Speaking during a post-election walkabout on Sunday (July 12), Ling said the stronger mandate reflected growing confidence in the work he and MCA had done for the constituency over the years.

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00:02MCA's Ling Tiansun said the higher voter turnout and his increased majority in Yongping
00:07show that voters are placing greater value on proven service than campaign rhetoric.
00:13The Barisan national incumbent retained the seat with a 4,603-vote majority on Saturday
00:20after polling 13,630 votes, up from 9,870 in the 2022 state election.
00:30Voter turnout also rose to 67.38% from 57.5%.
00:37Speaking to reporters during a post-election walkabout on Sunday to thank voters, Ling said
00:42the stronger mandate reflected growing public confidence in the work he and MCA had carried
00:48out in the constituency over the years.
01:11He noted that Barisan enjoyed particularly strong support in rural polling districts where
01:18backing reached as high as 90% in some areas.
01:21While acknowledging there was room to improve in urban areas, Ling said the opposition had
01:26concentrated much of its campaign there, exposing voters to different campaign messages.
01:31He said Barisan would study the results carefully and continue strengthening its service to the
01:37community.
01:38According to Ling, voters are no longer casting ballots based solely on sentiment, but are evaluating
01:44political parties, manifestos, candidates track records, and their consistency in serving
01:50the people.
01:51The Johor MCA deputy chairman also said Barisan made gains among Chinese and younger voters,
01:58noting that his increase of more than 4,000 votes could not have come from a single demographic.
02:03This year, I can see many young voters, especially the last election, which is the last election,
02:08that gave us a very powerful and powerful.
02:12So I really appreciate these young voters.
02:15It means that we have been very much in the past, in the past, and in the past, and in
02:18the
02:18past, and in the past, and in the past, and in the past, and in the past, and in the
02:21past.
02:21We have also been very passionate about the young voters, so the young voters will give an
02:27It doesn't mean that the young people don't think that they are the ones who think about it.
02:31They may also be able to get information from different sources and information
02:36or to evaluate what election and what election is.
02:41Bahri-san retained the Yong Ping seat after Ling defeated Pakatan Harapan's Yong Huiyi
02:46by a 4,603 vote majority.
02:49A total of 22,657 ballots were cast.
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