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Malaysia’s election reveals deeply divided electorate
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While there is space for centrist politicking to grow, this would depend on political leadership on both sides of the divide.
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KUALA LUMPUR - The top two winners of Malaysia’s general election are parties from opposing ends of the political spectrum, revealing an electorate that is deeply divided between two opposing ideologies, which could pose a challenge to the newly minted Anwar Ibrahim administration.
The fundamentalist Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) won 43 parliamentary seats and the secular Democratic Action Party (DAP) won 40 in the closely fought polls on Nov 19.
