Biggest winners and losers from the Johor polls

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The biggest winners, losers of the Johor polls upset

KUALA LUMPUR – As observers predicted, Barisan Nasional (BN) cruised to yet another state election victory in Johor, winning 40 of the 56 seats contested.

Despite it being far from an unexpected outcome, several eye-opening moments were worth talking about as the vote counts trickled in.

The Vibes takes a brief scroll through the winners and losers from the just-concluded election.                                                                                                                                                          

Biggest winners
1. Barisan Nasional (BN)
With yet another two-thirds victory, the old guard of Malaysian politics seems to be on the comeback trail following its 2018 general election loss to Pakatan Harapan.

The Election Commission (EC) announced around 11.30pm that BN had obtained the minimum 29 seats to form a simple majority in the legislative assembly.

Less than 45 minutes later, the final tally on EC’s live dashboard showed BN had won a total of 40 seats.

The coalition led by Umno will presumably begin applying pressure on Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to trigger a snap election to bank on its latest victory.

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