Biggest winners and losers from the Johor polls

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PETALING JAYA: With Barisan Nasional notching up another landslide election victory in Johor last night, the success of the youth party, Muda, in securing one seat highlights the dismal showing of the other parties.

Pakatan Harapan, which had 27 seats in the old state assembly, was cut down by half and Perikatan Nasional could only muster three seats after having won 12 in 2018.

A drubbing was in store for newcomers Pejuang, backed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and Sabah-based Warisan, making its electoral debut in the peninsula.

Umno

An obvious pick, and winners in more ways than one. Not only did the coalition secure power in the state, it also managed to maintain momentum from its other dominant state election wins in Melaka and Sarawak.

Influential Umno leaders had already been pushing Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob to call for an early general election, and last night’s results will only make these calls grow louder and harder to ignore.

After securing a two-thirds majority in three straight elections, the bloc will likely be confident it will bounce back strongly from the shock loss it incurred in 2018.

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