2018 Balakong by-election
Result

Party
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
∆%
-
PH
Wong Siew Ki
22,508
84.99
+ 7.46
-
MCA
Tan Chee Teong
3,975
15.01
+ 4.11
Total valid votes
Total valid votes
Total valid votes
26,483
100.00
-
Total rejected ballots
Total rejected ballots
Total rejected ballots
227
0.86
+ 0.33
Unreturned ballots
Unreturned ballots
Unreturned ballots
24
-
-
Turnout
Turnout
Turnout
26,734
42.97
45.21
Registered electors
Registered electors
Registered electors
62,219
-
-
Majority
Majority
Majority
18,533
69.98
+ 4.01
-
PH hold
PH hold
Swing
Swing
-
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.27 Balakong for the State of Selangor [P.U.
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.27 Balakong for the State of Selangor [P.U.
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.27 Balakong for the State of Selangor [P.U.
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.27 Balakong for the State of Selangor [P.U.
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.27 Balakong for the State of Selangor [P.U.
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election - By-election of the State Legislative Assembly of N.27 Balakong for the State of Selangor [P.U.

Question: How close were the Pakatan Harapan party and the MCA party in terms of votes obtained?
Answer: Pakatan Harapan's Wong Siew Ki polled 22,058 votes to MCA's Tan Chee Teong's 3,975 votes retaining the seat for Pakatan Harapan.