Fri 18.8.2023.
It's 6 days since 6 states went to the polls on 12.8.2023.
Anwar & Co. pulled no punches. Coming from the position of power, Anwar used all the tricks to try and upset PN, and bolster PH chances. BERSATU's account was frozen. Hadi, Muhyiddin and Mahathir were fair games. Sanusi was singled out for political destruction, right into using the Police and the Courts of Law. The compliant IGP even made that strange public announcement about the 3 am arrest of Sanusi, that this was done because the Police might have difficulty in staying in touch with him, conveniently forgetting that the acting MB had Police escort all day long, every day.
Well, it all backfired.
PN got an additional 60 more seats than they had in PRN14.
Kedah, Kelatan and Terengganu cut PH's seats from 34 to 5. These 3 states remained solidly PN, cutting PH seats by a whopping 85.3%.
PPinang, Selangor and NS cut the PH's seats from 123 to 92. These 3 states remained PH, but they lost 25.2% of their seats.
In NS, 12 of the 31 constituencies (38.71%) that PH won, had tiny majorities of between 78 and 693 only. The MB in Sikamat had a 22% loss in his majority. To top everything else, the turnouts in all 36 constituencies were much lower than the 83% in PRN14. They ranged between 60.03% and 71.86%.
Low turnouts favour the incumbents. The overall turnouts for all 6 states were:
Terengganu 74.79%
Kedah 73.86%
PPinang 72.67%
Selangor 72%
NS 68.35%
Kelantan 60.96%
The success rates of the Parties were:
Party Contested Won %
DAP (PH) 47 46 97.9
PAS (PN) 127 105 82.7
BERSATU (PN) 81 40 49.4
PKR (PH) 59 26 44.1
Amanah (PH) 31 8 25.8
UMNO (PH) 108 19 17.6
Gerakan (PN) 37 1 2.7
PN 146 / 245 (59.59%)
PH 99 / 245 (40.41%)
Perhaps the voters are weary of elections. Certainly, the absentees are not pro-PH.
One confirmed fact is the 90% Chinese votes for DAP.
It's a 6-state sour story for the story teller.
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