More than hundred PAS supporters gathered at the PAS main operations centre in Padang Lunar here to celebrate the victory of its candidate, Mohd Azam Abdul Samat.
The unofficial result that the party had retained the seat with a reduced majority was announced by PAS officials.
As Mohd Azam walked out of the centre clad in a green batik, he was cheered, kissed and hugged by the supporters.
"Thank you to all the voters," he said to the press before rushing to the tallying centre at Dewan Lukman Al-Hakim, Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Yan with other PAS leaders.
The Election Commission is expected to announce the full results by 10pm.
Earlier, despite the massive traffic jam which started since the 17 polling stations opened at 8am that continued throughout the day, some 23,249 voters (85.5%) managed to cast their votes as at 5pm.
The stations have closed and the vote-tallying process has started with the official result expected after 9pm.
The contest for the Sungai Limau state seat is between Dr Ahmad Sohaimi Lazim of Barisan Nasional and Mohd Azam Abdul Samat of PAS.
The seat fell vacant following the death of its five-term assemblyman Tan Sri Azizan Abdul Razak of PAS.
Azizan was also the mentri besar of Kedah when it was under PAS rule for one term when the opposition won Kedah in the 2008 general election.
The Sungai Limau state constituency has 27,222 voters, 25,323 or 93.02 per cent of them Malays, 1,842 or 6.76 per cent (Chinese), 15 or 0.055 per cent (Indians) and 42 or 0.15 per cent other races.
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