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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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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