GE15: Umno swept aside by ‘green tsunami’
There are calls for Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is Barisan chairman, to take responsibility and resign.
There are calls for Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is Barisan chairman, to take responsibility and resign.
In one of the biggest shocks in Kedah, the father-and-son team seem to have been soundly beaten in the seats they were defending.
Mr Khairy lost to Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) Ramanan Ramakrishnan in the Malay-majority constituency.
There’s a question mark about whether the anti-party hopping law will provide political stability.
Significant traffic congestion has been reported along the roads leading out of the city as folk begin journeying back to their hometowns to vote.
Datuk Ng Chok Sin also said many seem to be fed up with Pakatan Harapan's state government's unfulfilled promises.
While DAP presents itself as multiracial, decades of ethnocentric rhetoric from rival parties has meant that its membership and voter support has remained largely Chinese.
Malaysia’s GE15 is expected to be less in ideological battle like in GE14, but more on contestants’ performance.
Still, the prospect of multi-cornered battles means that a few percentage-point improvements in marginal seats can swing the outcome.
How the coalitions and parties perform in these seats will indicate who forms the next Federal government.