Kuala Terengganu by-election of 2009 was held on 17 January 2009 after the death of the incumbent Member of Parliament, Razali Ismail.
[1] In the 2008 election, Datuk Razali won by a slim 628 vote majority, defeating Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) heavyweight Mohamad Sabu and 89-year-old independent candidate, Maimun Yusuf.
The Prime Minister had rejected the assumption that there would be a big swing by the voters to the Opposition.
He was optimistic that Pakatan Rakyat would win in Kuala Terengganu if all its coalition parties worked hard against Barisan Nasional.
[4] In the 2008 election Razali, a government minister of the UMNO party, defeated a PAS opposition candidate by 628 votes.