Two Malaysian Districts Count Votes in Najib Popularity Test
- Votes follow a year of turmoil for premier over scandals
- Najib leads the biggest party in Malaysia’s ruling coalition
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Election officials began counting votes in two Malaysian districts Saturday that will indicate the extent of Prime Minister Najib Razak’s grip on his party.
More than 42,600 people in Sungai Besar in Selangor state and 33,000 in Kuala Kangsar in the northern Perak region will pick new lawmakers after a helicopter crash last month killed incumbents from Najib’s United Malays National Organisation, or UMNO.