Anwar-PH the loser in 16th Johor state elections, says FMT


The dust has settled following the 16th Johor state election, in which Barisan Nasional stormed to a commanding victory in 48 seats while Pakatan Harapan took the remaining eight.


Everybody knows among the biggest winners are BN and its Johor chief, Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi, the face of the BN campaign who was sworn in for a second term as menteri besar after leading the party to victory in 48 seats.

The heaviest losses were suffered by Perikatan Nasional, wiped out at the state assembly, after the relationship between coalition partners PAS and Bersatu crumbled, while Pakatan Harapan was left to lick its wounds after DAP lost several strongholds to BN.

BN reinforced its grip on Johor after nearly 10 years since losing control of the state government to PH in 2018. Two years later, it recouped most of its losses by winning 40 seats, and went on to expand its supermajority to 48 seats on Saturday in a hint of the dominance it used to exert before falling out of power.

MCA and MIC, in particular, emerged as big winners with a greater haul of seats and decisive victories in key non-Malay battlegrounds, wresting a total of four seats from DAP.

BN’s commanding victory in Johor gives the UMNO-led coalition a bounce in its step as it prepares to go solo in coming elections, including the Negeri Sembilan polls on Aug 1.

The results in Johor mark dismal back-to-back electoral performances for PH, following a near wipeout in the Sabah state election last November. While the strength of PKR and Amanah in Johor has always been questionable, the loss of DAP’s four urban strongholds to BN would send shockwaves through the party.

PH chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim made multiple trips to Johor in an attempt to shore up the coalition’s campaign, but this drew taunts from rivals who questioned the need for the prime minister to make so many appearances.

With nominations for the Negeri Sembilan polls taking place this Saturday, the coalition is hard-pressed for time to choose the right candidates and perhaps even overhaul its strategies to avoid suffering more losses in a state PH has held since 2018.

Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari led the charge for PH in Johor, marking his first major task since replacing PKR deputy president Puan Nurul Izzah Anwar as the party’s election director alongside Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

His efforts failed to help PH or PKR increase their share of seats, as the coalition’s fewer victories of eight seats also came with slimmer majorities compared with 2022.

Amirudin, a two-term Selangor Menteri Besar, will hope that he fares better when elections are held in his state by November 2028 at the latest.



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