{"id":66550,"date":"2026-08-01T22:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=66550"},"modified":"2026-08-01T22:53:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T22:53:56","slug":"malaysia-election-prime-ministers-coalition-losing-continuously-second-setback-in-negeri-sembilan-after-first-in-johor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/malaysia-election-prime-ministers-coalition-losing-continuously-second-setback-in-negeri-sembilan-after-first-in-johor\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Election : Prime Minister&#8217;s Coalition Losing Continuously | Second Setback in &#8220;Negeri Sembilan&#8221; after First in &#8220;Johor&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66558\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Malaysia-Election-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Malaysia-Election-2026.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Malaysia-Election-2026-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Malaysia-Election-2026-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Malaysia-Election-2026-671x420.jpg 671w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>ASEAN Monitoring Desk Islamabad<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim suffered a second election setback within weeks on Saturday after his Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition lost to rivals in the Negeri Sembilan polls. Official results at midnight (01-02 Aug) showed Barisan Nasional (BN) winning 18 seats, coupled with Perikatan Nasional\u2019s (PN) seven for a supermajority of 25 over PH\u2019s 11 in the 36-seat assembly.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The country\u2019s second state election in under a month was a test of the stability of Anwar\u2019s coalition government, as PH locked horns again with federal ally BN at the state level. The latter had partnered with the opposition PN in Negeri Sembilan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\"><em><strong>The victory for BN-PN was another blow to PH, fresh off its drubbing in the Johor polls on July 11. It could also mean a snap general election called well ahead of the February 2028 deadline.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">In the last state election in 2023, PH won 17 seats, BN secured 14 and PN won five, with PH and BN partnering to form the state government.<\/p>\n<section class=\"er6t7fe39 css-19sk4h4 e1pqt1t0\" data-qa=\"ContentBody-ContentBodyContainer\">\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Saturday night thanked voters for putting their trust in BN\u2019s candidates and the coalition\u2019s machinery, adding that the electoral understanding with PN would produce a stable state government.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"er6t7fe5 css-1brgu1k e1pqt1t0\" data-qa=\"ContentBody-ContentBodyContainer\">\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The Election Commission said final voter turnout was 72.64 per cent, with 646,084 votes cast, including early, postal and normal voters. In the 2023 polls, final voter turnout was 68.35 per cent. Some 860,000 people were registered to vote at 401 polling centres statewide, with 36 state assembly members to be elected from a field of 103 candidates in tight three-way races.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Parties contesting centred their campaigns on the economy, jobs and public service.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F1w2rF73XD\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/malaysia-election-fake-result-related-content-widely-circulated-authorities-moved-to-counter-the-disinformation\/\">Malaysia Election : Fake Result Related Content Widely Circulated | Authorities Moved to Counter the Disinformation<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Malaysia Election : Fake Result Related Content Widely Circulated | Authorities Moved to Counter the Disinformation&#8221; &#8212; Pakistan In the World\" src=\"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/malaysia-election-fake-result-related-content-widely-circulated-authorities-moved-to-counter-the-disinformation\/embed\/#?secret=B2GQOnTpme#?secret=F1w2rF73XD\" data-secret=\"F1w2rF73XD\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Electoral cooperation between BN and PN has also shaped the battle. While they contested separately, BN deputy president Mohamad Hasan said his machinery would help PN candidates in agreed constituencies under a seat understanding, similar to the strategy adopted in the Johor election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\"><strong>The Johor showdown on July 11 saw BN sweeping 48 seats<\/strong> \u2013 up from 40 in 2022, while PH managed only eight and lost ground from its previous 12. BN\u2019s two-thirds majority retained gives it absolute power to pass constitutional amendments and redraw electoral boundaries in Johor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">The Negeri Sembilan results also saw surprise losses by PH candidates including Transport Minister Anthony Loke and caretaker chief minister Aminuddin Harun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Loke, also the Democratic Action Party\u2019s (DAP) secretary general, lost his seat in Chennah to BN\u2019s Siow Kong Choon by fewer than 500 votes. BN\u2019s Mohd Faizal Ramli clinched Linggi with 8,427 votes to Aminuddin\u2019s 5,881.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">\u201cThis is the straw which breaks the camel\u2019s back \u2013 in terms of the party secretary general losing their state assembly seat,\u201d said Oh Ei Sun, principal adviser at Pacific Research Centre of Malaysia and senior fellow at Singapore Institute of International Affairs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">He said DAP would need to do some serious \u201csoul searching\u201d, including distancing itself from PH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">\u201cBy continuing to associate themselves with this government, they are asking for trouble and will continue this losing streak,\u201d Oh said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">DAP, long branded as a Chinese-majority party, forms the largest bloc of PH\u2019s coalition. 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