Pakatan blames ‘racial politics’ after defeat to BN-Perikatan pact in Negeri Sembilan
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SEREMBAN, Aug 1 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) has attributed its dismal performance in today’s Negeri Sembilan state election to
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The coalition’s Election Department confirmed that PH unofficially won in only 11 of the 36 seats contested. This result leaves them a distant third behind Barisan Nasional (BN), which has 18 seats, and Perikatan Nasional (PN), seven.
“This state election witnessed an extraordinary campaign of racial politics based almost entirely on identity, which has the potential to sow division within society and the state.
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- Aug 1, 2026
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