Chants for dissolution of Parliament as BN leaders celebrate landslide win in Johor poll
DANIAL DZULKIFLY RYNNAAS AZLAN
SHAH ALAM - Umno youth chief Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said it is up to the people to decide on BN's fate.
He said this when asked to comment on the chants to dissolve Parliament upon the arrival of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob at the BN headquarters in Yahya Awal, Johor.
He said it was best to wait for the Umno general assembly schedule to take place next week to see what will transpire.
Just moments ago, the Johor state election came to a close with BN securing 40 out of 56 seats.
Following the official announcement, BN election director Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said the coalition has won two-thirds majority in the state election.
Political observers have already attributed BN's win to its narrative of bringing political stability through poster boy Datuk Seri Hasni Mohammad, who has won with a 5,859 majority in Benut.
In his speech following BN's victory, Hasni assured that he will lead and uphold good governance as well as continue to care for the welfare of the people so that no one would be left behind.
BN chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi thanked Datuk Seri Najib Razak for his contribution in the state election.
He believed that Najib’s presence has helped BN secure a landslide win in the southern state.
Other BN leaders such as Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi has also won in Machap whereas in Rengit, Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi won with a 1,920 majority.
Against all odds, Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim defeated PKR's heavyweight and former education minister Dr Maszlee Malik with a 2,815 majority.
Among other seats that BN has largely won were Malay dominated seats like Bukit Naning, Kukup, Sg Balang, Kemelah and Johor Lama.
Gambir, the seat of former prime minister and PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin was also won by BN.
BN’s candidate Sahrihan Jani clinched victory with a 3,146 majority or 7,960 total votes over PN’s Mohd Solihan Badri, who managed to garner 4,814 votes.
MCA had also won in Yong Peng, Bekok, Paloh and Pekan Nanas while MIC has won three seats – Tenggaroh, Kahang, and Gambir
This state election saw PH's abysmal performance of only nine seats won by DAP, and one by Amanah.
PKR, which contested under its own logo with 20 seats, only won one seat in Bukit Batu.
The PN coalition which contested in all 56 seats only managed to win three seats overall.
The Election Commission (EC) said only 50 per cent had turned up to vote as of 5pm while the actual percentage will be issued by the EC soon.
Political observers have cited low voter turnouts as the reason for BN’s big win.
