According to the famous online news website "Malaysiakini" , Anwar has failed to win with a higher majority compared to her wife during the 308 general election. ( I am dissapointed). Below is the news from Malaysiakini.

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Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's PKR said today its exit polls indicate he has won 61 percent of the votes in a by-election expected to return him to parliament.

"From our exit poll figures and what we are tracking, Anwar is safely leading in the polls and... I think that it is right to say about 61 percent," said Sivarasa Rasiah, PKR vice-president.

Sivarasa said that Anwar's opponent from the Barisan Nasional coalition, Arif Shah Omar Shah, had garnered about 39 percent of the vote.

"We are still not declaring victory as we will wait for the official election results from the Election Commission," he told AFP.

If the turnout is about 80 percent, this will translate into about 28,000 votes for Anwar against Arif's 18,000, with a majority of around 10,000.

This estimates discount the votes for the third candidate, Hanafi Hamat of Akim, who is not expected to pick up many votes.

Polling booths opened at 8am and are due to close at 5pm. Official results are expected to be known by 8pm.

Anwar has been widely tipped to win the vote in Permatang Pauh, an electorate in his home state of Penang which he held until he was sacked as deputy prime minister in 1998 and jailed on sodomy and corruption charges.

'Lower turnout among non-Malays'

But political pundits said they will focus on the size of the winning margin, compared to that attained by Anwar's wife Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who held the seat during his political exile.

"We are expecting Anwar's win to be the same as big as when Wan Azizah contested but we think that it will be less in terms of absolute numbers due to it being a working day for many," Sivarasa said.

Wan Azizah won about 64 percent of votes cast in March general elections, with a majority of 13,400. - malaysiakini
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Although Anwar can be still considered as winning big, however the result didn't surprise anyone that hope Anwar really manage to keep his promise to form the new government by 16th September.

According to online sources, Anwar needs to win about 70% of the vote to show that BN has lost their support among Malays from rural area. If this happen to be the result of this election, it will be the doomsday for BN as the major supporter for BN is from the rural Malay society. ( PKR has the support from majority of the urban Malay). Some more, if Anwar win with a bigger majority, he can gain more trust from those MP "katak" from sabah and sarawak to join his pakatan rakyat. The chineses are to be blamed for the smaller turnout of voters because only about 60% of chinese voted so far. What are them fuking doing? If more chinese turned out, it will bring advantages to Anwar as majority of chinese voted Anwar in the previous election.

So what is the true result of this permatang pauh election? We have no other ways except waiting for tonight official result by the EC. But i personally hope that Anwar can win with a much bigger majority then her wife during the 308 general election. What say you?