Three things we learned from: 2022 Johor state election

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JOHOR BARU, March 13 — Barisan Nasional (BN) made a triumphant comeback in Johor yesterday by bagging 40 out of 56 seats in the state legislative assembly, after losing the state for the first time since its inception in 2018. 

This represents the second convincing win for BN after the Melaka state election last year, and signals a momentum that could continue to build until the general election, should it be called this year.

The following are the three main things that we learned from the state election:


1. Low turnout, disunity hurt Pakatan and its allies
State Pakatan Harapan (PH) chief Aminolhuda Hassan said that the coalition will conduct a post-mortem to analyse the weaknesses, mistakes and reasons for its dismal performance yesterday.

However, he also said that chief among the reasons were the low voter turnout of only 54.9 per cent as well as the split votes shared among non-BN candidates.

“In my own area, the difference between my votes and that of the BN candidate was only about 1 per cent,” he said of his loss in the Parit Yaani seat by only 294 votes. On the other hand, the Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate, who came in third, grabbed more than 5,000 votes.


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