Malaysia's 15th general elections, held on Saturday, brought forth not just a fractured verdict on Sunday, but also fears that the electorate including the 6 million new young voters - have veered towards race and religion narrative against the affirmative, progressive economic discourse this multiethnic nation presented in earlier polls. The 2018 elections was fought on the plank of uprooting corruption, while this election was clearly about rebuilding and restoring Malaysian economy post-Covid.
The hung parliament saw the rise of the Malay-centric Perikatan Nasional led by former PM Muhyiddin Yassin. Muhyiddin's alliance enjoyed an unexpected surge of votes with 73 out of 222 parliamentary seats. Its hard-line ally is the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, the biggest winner with a haul of 49 seats-more than double what it won in 2018. Known as PAS, it touts Sharia, rules three states and is now the single largest party.
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