Ca, c'est fait!
Wow.
The word kept coming back in my head as I watched the elections results programme on TV3 through out Saturday. Everyone was stuck in front of their computer screens. I spent the first few hours at home and then I joined Jep and Manau in Jep's room.
I am not involved in politics. I am not affiliated to any political parties nor am I a registered voter. But I have a huge interest in Malaysian politics even though people always said that the status quo would remain until forever. And these people are proven wrong when the elections results were announced one by one on Saturday.
Not only the current coalition has failed to secure a 2/3 majority, 5 states has fallen to a new administration as well.
It was funny to see how the panelist on TV3 changed their tones towards the end of the programme as compared to when the programme started at 2pm (EST). They started with saying pembangkang emphasizing on the P and the B to give in a negative connotation, then they changed it to yang lagi satu when they announced Penang has fallen to DAP while PAS strengthen its grip on Kelantan, and ultimately they used terms like pentadbiran baru when it was learned that Kedah, Perak and my beloved home-state Selangor is now under a new administration.
They also changed their discussion topics from racial sentiments played by the then-opposition (although ironically it was the coalition who has been threatening people with racial sentiments), to what contributed to the coalition huge losses, to who among the then-opposition would form the governments in the 5 states controlled by them.
It was also important to note how the keep on holding back results where the then-oppositions have won. The news that the 5 states have fallen to a new administration have been circulating on the internet by around 0100 hours (GMT+8). The kept on repeating the coalition wins on the news-ticker at the bottom of the screen until there were no more wins to be shown but those of the then-oppositions.
And, the panelists have also dared to criticized high-profilers who have lost towards the middle of the programme. They said that it was high time that Samy Vellu retired from the political arena, that Kayveas defeat was a not a surprise, that it was Koh Tsu Kun's fault of not announcing the next Penang's CM that the coalition has lost the state. This is something that they wouldn't even dare to speak about had these people won.
And I do admire Shahrizat's and Tsu Kun's courage to face the public admitting their defeat and congratulating their opponents.
Here are my own analysis of what happened according to states.
Sarawak
No surprises. This state has contributed a lot to the coalition's simple majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
Sabah
Although PKR claimed that it would gain control of the state, the results proved otherwise. Most of the seats, state and parliament, went to the coalition. The state was also one of the major contributors to the coalition's simple majority.
Perlis
I thought PAS had a good chance of gaining this state as there was an internal conflicts in the main coalition party. Not only all parliamentary seats went to the coalition (which is 3 by the way), PAS has not been able to get an influential presence in the state assembly.
Kedah
This was a shocker. I thought PAS could only make huge in roads in this state but not to the point of gaining it. I was happy to hear that it will form a coalition with PKR to form the state government but I was quite disappointed when they somewhat refused to accept the sole DAP assemblyman into the new government.
Kelantan
Not a surprise. I always thought that PAS would either get a huge majority in terms of seats or sweep clean the state seats. But Awang Adek's lost in both state and parliamentary seats that he contested was quite a shocker. I expected Annuar Musa to win and Mustapha Mohamed not to, but the results proved exactly the opposite.
Terengganu
I was quite pessimist about PAS's chance to gain back the state. Terengganu has always been the coalition's state except in 1999 but even that was due to an exceptional circumstance. I thought that PAS would at least deny the coalition of a 2/3 majority in the state, but I was wrong. Apart from that 89 years old Maimun Yusuf have splitted the votes in Kuala Terengganu. If all the votes that she gained went to Mohamad Sabu, the latter could have won even with a slim majority.
Penang
I've always thought that this time the state would fall to DAP. At the same time I didn't expect Koh Tsu Kun to lose his maiden parliamentary bid for Batu Kawan. I was also disappointed when the new government announced that PAS's assemblyman won't be included it the new administration. I hope that the 2nd bridge project would continue but with a few adjustments (like not having a rest-stop in the middle of the bridge) and that the monorail project would be reopen to a more transparent tender as the previous one was done in a suspicious manner.
Pahang
No surprises except for Najib's increased majority in Pekan, and PKR's win in Kuantan.
Malacca
I thougt PAS would have performed better in some parts, and DAP to sweep away seats on the state's shoreline but not to the extent of denying the coalition from forming the sate government. In the end PAS won no seats, and DAP managed quite well.
Johor
The coalition fortress is no longer impenetrable. The only time in recent memory (ie when I started to get interested in local politics) that the opposition managed to secure a state seat was in 2004 which was in fact due to some technical glitch. Now, 4 seats went to DAP and 2 to PAS, with 1 parliamentary seat went to DAP as well. It seems that the leak in the coalition's fortress is situated around Muar area.
Negri Sembilan
Well, Khairy won Rembau. But I have to point out that Chegubard, his opponent managed to get 20000 votes compared to KJ's 25000. In other constituencies this might not seem much but when you're in a David vs Goliath (or in this case Chegubard vs KJ) battle in a coalition fortress losing by 5000 votes is something to be proud of. Other than that, denying the coalition of the 2/3 majority was also unexpected (by me).
Perak
Well, a friend of mine who is a staunch coalition supporter, has indeed wished for the state to fall to a new administration due to the fact that his family has been affected by the reshuffling of the candidates in the state. Kayveas' defeat was not unexpected, however Samy's was. He said before the elections that even the army can't stop him, but apparently he has forgotten that the people can.
KL
If only KL was a state.
Selangor
Wow
I never expected that. Although I was quite happy that my constituency is no longer under the coalition, be it at the parliamentary or state level. I heard 2 jokes from my friends about the fall of Selangor. One is that all the voters who should've voted for the coalition were all ferried to Terengganu to vote as phantom voters. The other said that the fall of Selangor was Khir Toyo's fault for having langgar pantang larang pakai susuk tempe. I really do hope that the new administration will reinstate the local council elections.
The coalition has been denied its 2/3 majority in parliament. From only 1 seat, PKR is now the opposition leader with 31 seats behind DAP's 28 and PAS's 23. Those political analysts who said that the PKR is en route to oblivion should now find a new job.
As for Perak, I don't see why the new MB should be from PAS seeing that it has scored the lowest among the new administration. It would only be fair if it's someone from DAP since it have bagged the most among them. Plus it would be a fair and a balance share of power amongst the new administration, DAP 2 states, PAS 2 states, PKR 1 state plus heading the parliament's opposition.
I hope that they would prove that they are a viable alternative to the coalition or otherwise, it would be unfortunate for Malaysia and Malaysians in the future.
The word kept coming back in my head as I watched the elections results programme on TV3 through out Saturday. Everyone was stuck in front of their computer screens. I spent the first few hours at home and then I joined Jep and Manau in Jep's room.
I am not involved in politics. I am not affiliated to any political parties nor am I a registered voter. But I have a huge interest in Malaysian politics even though people always said that the status quo would remain until forever. And these people are proven wrong when the elections results were announced one by one on Saturday.
Not only the current coalition has failed to secure a 2/3 majority, 5 states has fallen to a new administration as well.
It was funny to see how the panelist on TV3 changed their tones towards the end of the programme as compared to when the programme started at 2pm (EST). They started with saying pembangkang emphasizing on the P and the B to give in a negative connotation, then they changed it to yang lagi satu when they announced Penang has fallen to DAP while PAS strengthen its grip on Kelantan, and ultimately they used terms like pentadbiran baru when it was learned that Kedah, Perak and my beloved home-state Selangor is now under a new administration.
They also changed their discussion topics from racial sentiments played by the then-opposition (although ironically it was the coalition who has been threatening people with racial sentiments), to what contributed to the coalition huge losses, to who among the then-opposition would form the governments in the 5 states controlled by them.
It was also important to note how the keep on holding back results where the then-oppositions have won. The news that the 5 states have fallen to a new administration have been circulating on the internet by around 0100 hours (GMT+8). The kept on repeating the coalition wins on the news-ticker at the bottom of the screen until there were no more wins to be shown but those of the then-oppositions.
And, the panelists have also dared to criticized high-profilers who have lost towards the middle of the programme. They said that it was high time that Samy Vellu retired from the political arena, that Kayveas defeat was a not a surprise, that it was Koh Tsu Kun's fault of not announcing the next Penang's CM that the coalition has lost the state. This is something that they wouldn't even dare to speak about had these people won.
And I do admire Shahrizat's and Tsu Kun's courage to face the public admitting their defeat and congratulating their opponents.
Here are my own analysis of what happened according to states.
Sarawak
No surprises. This state has contributed a lot to the coalition's simple majority in the Dewan Rakyat.
Sabah
Although PKR claimed that it would gain control of the state, the results proved otherwise. Most of the seats, state and parliament, went to the coalition. The state was also one of the major contributors to the coalition's simple majority.
Perlis
I thought PAS had a good chance of gaining this state as there was an internal conflicts in the main coalition party. Not only all parliamentary seats went to the coalition (which is 3 by the way), PAS has not been able to get an influential presence in the state assembly.
Kedah
This was a shocker. I thought PAS could only make huge in roads in this state but not to the point of gaining it. I was happy to hear that it will form a coalition with PKR to form the state government but I was quite disappointed when they somewhat refused to accept the sole DAP assemblyman into the new government.
Kelantan
Not a surprise. I always thought that PAS would either get a huge majority in terms of seats or sweep clean the state seats. But Awang Adek's lost in both state and parliamentary seats that he contested was quite a shocker. I expected Annuar Musa to win and Mustapha Mohamed not to, but the results proved exactly the opposite.
Terengganu
I was quite pessimist about PAS's chance to gain back the state. Terengganu has always been the coalition's state except in 1999 but even that was due to an exceptional circumstance. I thought that PAS would at least deny the coalition of a 2/3 majority in the state, but I was wrong. Apart from that 89 years old Maimun Yusuf have splitted the votes in Kuala Terengganu. If all the votes that she gained went to Mohamad Sabu, the latter could have won even with a slim majority.
Penang
I've always thought that this time the state would fall to DAP. At the same time I didn't expect Koh Tsu Kun to lose his maiden parliamentary bid for Batu Kawan. I was also disappointed when the new government announced that PAS's assemblyman won't be included it the new administration. I hope that the 2nd bridge project would continue but with a few adjustments (like not having a rest-stop in the middle of the bridge) and that the monorail project would be reopen to a more transparent tender as the previous one was done in a suspicious manner.
Pahang
No surprises except for Najib's increased majority in Pekan, and PKR's win in Kuantan.
Malacca
I thougt PAS would have performed better in some parts, and DAP to sweep away seats on the state's shoreline but not to the extent of denying the coalition from forming the sate government. In the end PAS won no seats, and DAP managed quite well.
Johor
The coalition fortress is no longer impenetrable. The only time in recent memory (ie when I started to get interested in local politics) that the opposition managed to secure a state seat was in 2004 which was in fact due to some technical glitch. Now, 4 seats went to DAP and 2 to PAS, with 1 parliamentary seat went to DAP as well. It seems that the leak in the coalition's fortress is situated around Muar area.
Negri Sembilan
Well, Khairy won Rembau. But I have to point out that Chegubard, his opponent managed to get 20000 votes compared to KJ's 25000. In other constituencies this might not seem much but when you're in a David vs Goliath (or in this case Chegubard vs KJ) battle in a coalition fortress losing by 5000 votes is something to be proud of. Other than that, denying the coalition of the 2/3 majority was also unexpected (by me).
Perak
Well, a friend of mine who is a staunch coalition supporter, has indeed wished for the state to fall to a new administration due to the fact that his family has been affected by the reshuffling of the candidates in the state. Kayveas' defeat was not unexpected, however Samy's was. He said before the elections that even the army can't stop him, but apparently he has forgotten that the people can.
KL
If only KL was a state.
Selangor
Wow
I never expected that. Although I was quite happy that my constituency is no longer under the coalition, be it at the parliamentary or state level. I heard 2 jokes from my friends about the fall of Selangor. One is that all the voters who should've voted for the coalition were all ferried to Terengganu to vote as phantom voters. The other said that the fall of Selangor was Khir Toyo's fault for having langgar pantang larang pakai susuk tempe. I really do hope that the new administration will reinstate the local council elections.
The coalition has been denied its 2/3 majority in parliament. From only 1 seat, PKR is now the opposition leader with 31 seats behind DAP's 28 and PAS's 23. Those political analysts who said that the PKR is en route to oblivion should now find a new job.
As for Perak, I don't see why the new MB should be from PAS seeing that it has scored the lowest among the new administration. It would only be fair if it's someone from DAP since it have bagged the most among them. Plus it would be a fair and a balance share of power amongst the new administration, DAP 2 states, PAS 2 states, PKR 1 state plus heading the parliament's opposition.
I hope that they would prove that they are a viable alternative to the coalition or otherwise, it would be unfortunate for Malaysia and Malaysians in the future.
6 Comments:
yes
selangor mmg mengejutkan
termasuk p105
berharap tol dikaji balik
urghhhhhhhhhh
jobless
aku rase internet ade main peranan gak kemenangan BA.
sebab BA cume boleh tembus minda rakyat melalui internet.
Harakah satu lagi.
tapi bile tgk balik, kat S'wak ngan Sabah, BA mng di Kota Kinabalu ngan Kuching.
BA kalah tipis parlimen KT.
bawah parlimen KT ade 4 DUN, BN cuma menang 1.
Dan di Pahang, BA menang di Kuantan.
Seterusnya di Selangor dan KL.
aku nampak, BA mng di kawasan maju, bandar.
sebab orang bandar ade kemungkinan lagi besar bace berita di internet.
so diorang dapat cerita dari BA.
orang pedalaman Sabah, S'wak cume di dedahkan dengan cerita BN.
ni pendapat aku la.
wenkt
selangor sekarang ada mb bekas ceo company besar, banding dengan doktor gigi sblm ni. Apa² pun dua² orang jawa (aku rasa laa khalid ibrahim tu jawa). Yang bezanya sorang tu kuat makan tempe.
k-riey
itu menjadi suatu amanah bagi urbanites untuk mendidik org² di luar bandar tentang hak mereka sbg rakyat. satu lg, tak semua orang luar bandar tak merasai deruan angin perubahan. kalau tak, masakan kedah jatuh, kelantan bertambah majoritinya?
Kedah dan Kelantan lain kire.
sebab sane memang kuat PAS dan orang sane pegangan agama kuat berbanding kat lain.
weii,pakcik tuh pun jowo gak ker? ramai giler jowo kt slangor klw gitu :p
hehe..rasenye dlm 4 thn lg ade la fiber optic kt kampung2 tuh..
anyway,johor dikira kampung n x kuat pegangan agama ker? huhu..
aku rase ni sbb org2 x suke krjn.lagi2 lak pembangkang ade point.so,tuk lepaskn geram,undi la BA.aku rase la :p
kriey
aku igt lg apa panelist tv3 ckp masa program hr tu
"nampaknya pengundi di klntn mmg nak masuk syurga"
... apakah beliau mengaku undi pihak lawan maknanya masuk tmpt lg satu?
cik dol
amboi² cik dol skrg
jgn undi ikt perasaan, undi ikut kata hati.
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