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Is this the end of the road for Umno?

Party’s dismal showing in state polls at the weekend means its future, as well as that of party chief Zahid Hamidi, now hangs in the balance.

Pakatan Harapan chairman Anwar Ibrahim accompanied by Barisan Nasional chairman Zahid Hamidi in Umno headquarters.

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James Chin

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The six state elections in Malaysia at the weekend were an unmitigated disaster for Umno, the Malay component of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s unity government. The statistics say it all. Umno fielded 108 candidates and won only 19 seats. That translates to a 17.6 per cent success rate.

Compare that with the other

two Malay-only parties in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition.

Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) scored 82.7 per cent (105 wins, 22 losses), and Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia managed 49.4 per cent (40 wins, 41 losses). For the first time in Malaysian political history, Umno will have no state assemblymen in Terengganu and Kedah (and Perlis as well).

Is this the end of the road for Umno?

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