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Malaysia’s Anwar deals with another split with BN in Melaka after Johor poll rout

Malaysia’s unity government is holding firm in Putrajaya, but its uneasy alliance is fraying at the state level after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) moved into...

Ethnic rifts flare in Malaysia as Johor polls threaten stability of Anwar’s unity coalition

Fissures along ethnic lines are being opened ahead of the Johor state election in Malaysia next month, as the Malay-nationalist Barisan Nasional (BN) moves to box in the Chinese-do...

Malaysian PM’s Coalition Suffers Significant Defeat in Johor State Election

Barisan Nasional, the Grand Old Party of Malaysian politics, has been aided by a growing disillusionment with Anwar's leadership and discord among its Malay-Muslim rivals.

Muda, PSM form Progressive Bloc for Johor and N. Sembilan state polls

KUALA LUMPUR, June 15 — Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) and the Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM)...

Maszlee: Pakatan open to all partners for Johor state government

JOHOR BAHRU, July 3 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) is ready to align with any interested party to form a state government...

Anwar coalition suffers heavy defeat to ally in Malaysia's Johor vote

Perikatan to review coalition membership, logo and Johor, Negeri Sembilan poll strategy at emergency meeting tomorrow

KUALA LUMPUR, June 21 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) will convene an emergency meeting tomorrow to determine the coalit...

Malaysia’s Upcoming State Elections: Allies Are Rivals Again

Despite being partners at the federal level, the Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional coalitions are competing to become the dominant force of tomorrow.

Malaysia’s fight for Malay votes becomes a multiparty scrum

For much of Malaysia’s post-independence history, Malay voters largely faced a binary choice: Umno, the oldest Malay nationalist political party that governed the country for more...

Perikatan Nasional to contest all seats in Johor election, setting up potential three-way fight with PH and BN

Johor Perikatan Nasional chairman Sahruddin Jamal said the opposition coalition’s strength in Malaysia’s southern state should not be underestimated.

Going it alone: Johor BN will not form a joint government with any coalition, says Onn Hafiz

JOHOR BAHRU, June 24 — The Johor Barisan Nasional (BN) will not form a coalition government with any other politic...

Upko joins GRS, expanding Sabah ruling coalition to six parties

KOTA KINABALU, June 18 — Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) today officially accepted the United Progressive Kinabalu Org...

Johor election: where winning isn’t enough for Malaysia’s Barisan Nasional

Voters in Malaysia’s southern state of Johor will cast their ballots on Saturday in a high-stakes election that is expected to bring Barisan Nasional (BN) back to power, exposing d...

Can Malaysia’s unity government survive a major BN win in state polls?

Knife-edge state polls in Johor and Negeri Sembilan may reconfigure Malaysian politics, as a regrouped Malay nationalist right seeks big wins to pressure Prime Minister Anwar Ibrah...

Pakatan not eyeing post-poll pact with BN in Johor and Negeri Sembilan, says Amanah sec-gen

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Amanah secretary-general Muhammad Faiz Fadzil has reportedly said Pakatan Harapan (PH) is...

Johor election: Zahid pledges full support for federal unity government if BN wins

PONTIAN, June 27 — BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has assured that he will ensure that the Johor Sta...

How Rafizi-led ‘Bersama’ could disrupt Malaysia’s political calculus

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 — Malaysian politics again faces a major realignment following the dramatic takeover of Parti...

Rival parties cannot use same coalition logo in same seat, says EC

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The Election Commission has reportedly said election candidates from rival parties cannot...

Snap polls in Malaysia’s Johor test Umno comeback bid and Anwar’s ruling alliance

Malaysia’s southern state of Johor dissolved its legislature on Monday, setting up an election within 60 days that analysts said would test whether the once-dominant Umno-led Baris...

As election war drums beat, is Malaysia’s ruling coalition done for?

Chances of Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim winning a fresh mandate look increasingly fraught, experts say, as the unravelling of his coalition government picked up pace with threats of fu...

Bersama to contest 15 seats in Johor election

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama) said today it will contest 15 seats in the Johor state el...

Rafizi says Bersama aims to break Malaysia’s race-based politics with multiracial platform

JOHOR BAHRU, July 11 — Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama) sees the Johor state election as an opportunity for voters...

Malaysian state polls loom as Negeri Sembilan snap vote tests Anwar’s alliance

Malaysia is heading into a run of state elections, including two triggered by early assembly dissolutions, after Negeri Sembilan became the latest state to call a snap poll amid fr...

Malaysia’s Johor votes as government allies turn on each other

Malaysians in the state of Johor cast their ballot on Saturday in a closely watched election that is set to be a litmus test for the coalition government of Prime Minister Anwar Ib...