Putrajaya means: of Malaysia election Commission said on Thursday that national elections would be held on November 19, amid concerns that heavy rains and flooding during the year-end monsoon season could deter voters.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakub breach Parliament For early elections on 10 October, ignoring opposition from his government allies and opposition to vote in the monsoon season.
Parliament’s term expires in July 2023, but his United Malay National Organization is at loggerheads with allies in the ruling coalition and believes early voting is in its favour. UMNO is banking on a strong victory on its own based on a withdrawal of support from ethnic Malays and a fractured opposition ahead of an expected economic slowdown next year.
Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Saleh said the nomination date for the candidates would be November 5, the start of two weeks of official campaigning. He said that 21.17 million voters would exercise their franchise.
He said that local elections will also be held in three states on November 19. Six states controlled by the opposition and allies in Ismail’s government have said they will wait until next year. Earlier, elections were held in four of the 13 states of the country.
UMNO has led Malaysia through a National Front coalition since independence from Britain in 1957, but the coalition was brought down by a multi-billion dollar financial scandal in the 2018 elections. Then-prime minister Najib Razak has since been imprisoned for 12 years on corruption charges, and UMNO’s current president, Ahmed Zahid Hamidi, is also on trial for corruption.
The reformist government led by former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, which took office in 2018, fell less than two years after defection, returning the UMNO to power in an unstable coalition.
Ismail, who was appointed by the king in August 2021, is the country’s third prime minister since the 2018 elections.
Analysts say there could be a possibility of a new alliance after the November 19 elections.
The UMNO had less than 40 of the 222 MPs in the recently dissolved parliament, and may not have the simple majority needed to govern on its own.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Hope Alliance, which won the 2018 election, is the main contender, but votes are expected to be split with several other parties emerging. This included Mahathir’s own Malay party and two Malay parties that were part of Ismail’s government.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yakub breach Parliament For early elections on 10 October, ignoring opposition from his government allies and opposition to vote in the monsoon season.
Parliament’s term expires in July 2023, but his United Malay National Organization is at loggerheads with allies in the ruling coalition and believes early voting is in its favour. UMNO is banking on a strong victory on its own based on a withdrawal of support from ethnic Malays and a fractured opposition ahead of an expected economic slowdown next year.
Election Commission chairman Abdul Ghani Saleh said the nomination date for the candidates would be November 5, the start of two weeks of official campaigning. He said that 21.17 million voters would exercise their franchise.
He said that local elections will also be held in three states on November 19. Six states controlled by the opposition and allies in Ismail’s government have said they will wait until next year. Earlier, elections were held in four of the 13 states of the country.
UMNO has led Malaysia through a National Front coalition since independence from Britain in 1957, but the coalition was brought down by a multi-billion dollar financial scandal in the 2018 elections. Then-prime minister Najib Razak has since been imprisoned for 12 years on corruption charges, and UMNO’s current president, Ahmed Zahid Hamidi, is also on trial for corruption.
The reformist government led by former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, which took office in 2018, fell less than two years after defection, returning the UMNO to power in an unstable coalition.
Ismail, who was appointed by the king in August 2021, is the country’s third prime minister since the 2018 elections.
Analysts say there could be a possibility of a new alliance after the November 19 elections.
The UMNO had less than 40 of the 222 MPs in the recently dissolved parliament, and may not have the simple majority needed to govern on its own.
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s Hope Alliance, which won the 2018 election, is the main contender, but votes are expected to be split with several other parties emerging. This included Mahathir’s own Malay party and two Malay parties that were part of Ismail’s government.