The Election Commission (EC), as of 12.15am (Nov 20) announced that Pakatan Harapan has won 28 of the 112 seats
Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh, at a press conference held at 1am said that Gabungan Parti Sarawak has won 20 seats while PAS and Perikatan Nasional won 18 and 17 seats respectively for a total of 35.
As of 12.15am, the results of 110 parliamentary seats have been announced. Coalitions need to have at least 112 seats to form the next government.
As at 2.20am, with the results of over half of the seats confirmed, Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) appear to be ahead in the race, winning 64 seats respectively, while BN has capturing 26 seats.
In the Borneo states, Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has won 22 seats while Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) has won four seats.
Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has officially won the Tambun parliamentary seat with a 5,328-vote majority.
Up to midnight, the PKR president secured 32,026 votes, defeating Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu of Perikatan Nasional (PN), who polled 26,698 votes. Barisan Nasional candidate Datuk Aminuddin Md Hanafiah garnered 16,275 votes and Parti Pejuang Tanah Air’s Abdul Rahim Tahir got 656 votes.
The Tambun constituency comprised 71.2 per cent Bumiputera, 18.1 per cent Chinese and 10.3 per cent Indian, with other races making up the balance.
A total of 160,558 Tambun voters or 155,802 normal voters, 4,734 early voters, as well as 22 absentee voters (overseas) were eligible to cast their ballots in the 15th General Election.
Anwar is joined by Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Lim Guan Eng has won the Bagan seat in Penang, with a majority of 49,648 votes.
Lim, who was finance minister under Mahathir Mohamad’s PH administration, won the four-corner fight against Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Alan Oh (6,149), Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Tan Chuan Hong (5,385) and Gerakan Tanah Air’s (GTA) Mohammed Hafiz (1,323).
Aside from Lim, Deputy president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Rafizi Ramli has won the parliamentary seat in Pandan, Selangor, with 74,002 votes, according to Malaysia’s Election Commission.
The number two man to Pakatan Harapan (PH) president Anwar Ibrahim defeated his rival Farique Zubir of Perikatan Nasional (PN), who garnered 25,706 votes, and Leong Kok Wee of Barisan Nasional (BN), who won 11,664 votes.
Huge Moment In Malaysian Politics
Political analyst James Chin reacts to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s loss of his seat in Langkawi, saying: “This is a huge, huge moment in Malaysian politics.”
“The people who would be really glad to see him go will probably be the Chinese community, because there are many people in the Chinese community who equate Mahathir with a period where they think they suffered (the) most discrimination. A lot of the discrimination policies against the non-Malays were instituted during his time,” he told reporters.
“I think Malaysians in general knew that his time was coming, but I don’t think anybody expected him to lose his deposit,” he added.
Former prime minister and Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) coalition candidate Dr Mahathir Mohamed has failed to defend his Langkawi seat.
He was defeated by Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah, who clinched 13,518 out of 25,463 votes.
Election Commission data showed that the 97-year-old Mahathir only secured 4,566 votes and has lost his deposit. He finished fourth in a five-cornered fight.
This election has been one of the fiercest in the country’s history, with a record number of candidates standing and more major coalitions set up in an attempt to take control of the Lower House.
Among the casualties also include Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. The former senior minister of international trade and industry in Ismail Sabri’s government, has lost the fight for Gombak.
The seat was won by incumbent Selangor chief minister and Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Amirudin Shari, who took 72,267 votes against Azmin’s 59,538.
There were three other contenders – Barisan Nasional’s (BN) Megat Zulkarnain (30,723), Gerakan Tanah Air’s (GTA) Aziz Jamaludin (2,223) and independent candidate Hj Zulkifli (675).
Azmin was a prime figure in the infamous “Sheraton Move” that triggered the collapse of Malaysia’s short-lived PH government in 2020.
Counterpart caretaker Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin has failed to defend the Ampang parliamentary seat in the 15th general election (GE15).
The president-designate of Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) and caretaker Plantation Industry and Commodities Minister who has been Ampang MP since 2008, also lost her deposit when she garnered only 4,589 votes from 225 voting stations for the seat.
Selangor state exco Rodziah Ismail of Pakatan Harapan (PH), who is also the Batu Tiga State Assembly member, was elected as the new MP for Ampang after obtaining 29,681 votes.
Her closest challenger was Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif of Perikatan Nasional (PN) who pooled 27,073 votes, followed by Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Ivone Low Yi Wen (11,509 votes), Pejuang candidate Dr Nurul Ashikin Mabahwi (2,653 votes) and Warisan candidate Bryan Lai Wai Chong (1,423 votes).
In addition, three independent candidates — Muhammad Shafiq Izwan Mohd Yunos (188 votes), M. Raveen (148 votes) and Tan Hua Meng (93 votes) — also lost their deposits.
Caretaker finance minister Tengku Zafrul from Barisan Nasional (BN) has also lost his seat in Kuala Selangor. He was edged out by Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Dzulkefly Ahmad by a margin of 1,002 votes.
Dzulkefly, who served as health minister in the PH administration under former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, is the incumbent in Kuala Selangor.
Perikatan Nasional chairman Muhyiddin Yassin has won the federal seat of Pagoh for the seventh consecutive time. He has held the seat since 1995.
Official results at the Pagoh counting centre show that he won with a more than 10,000-vote majority. Mr Muhyiddin garnered 24,986 votes.
In second place was Pakatan Harapan’s Iskandar Shah with 14,979 votes while Barisan Nasional veteran politician Razali Ibrahim came in third with 14,426 votes.
Nurul Izzah Anwar has lost her family seat of Permatang Pauh, according to Penang Pakatan Harapan leader Chow Kon Yeow, who conceded defeat in the seat.
He mourned the loss, saying Nurul Izzah was a bright, next-generation leader and a senior PKR leader. Nurul Izzah, a vice-president of PKR, lost to Fawwaz Md Jan of Perikatan Nasional, who was ahead by over 5,000 votes, based on unofficial numbers.
Rumour mills are churning stating that the results will not show a clear winning coalition and alliances are being discussed but it’s still too early to speculate on which parties are involved.
