KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia’s ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition won a simple majority of 112 seats in the 222-seat national parliament in Sunday’s election, the country’s Election Commission (EC) said, signalling it would extend its 56-year rule.
The BN had 126 seats and the opposition captured 77 at the latest tally at 2am.
Speaking at a press conference, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said the general election was a 'fair and clean election', conducted in a transparent matter. "Please accept the results," he said.
He blamed the election results, especially BN's failure to retain Selangor, on a "Chinese tsunami", and said the results show a trend of polarisation of voting, which is a matter of concern to the government. He added that the government will look into process of national reconciliation and will fulfill promises made during the GE.
PM Najib later urged all Malaysians to reject policies that are racial or religious in nature, as well as extremist viewpoints. He also called on Malaysians not to hold "street demonstrations".
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) has refused to accept the results of the 13th general election on grounds that it was chequered with irregularities, reported Malaysiakini.
PR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim said that the EC had failed the country and must explain the allegations of fraud. He had earlier claimed victory in the election, warning the Election Commission and the ruling coalition of Prime Minister Najib Razak not to “hijack” the results.
It was the BN's 13th consecutive victory in general elections since independence from Britain in 1957. It faced its most unified challenge ever from an opposition that hoped to capitalize on allegations of arrogance, abuse of public funds and racial discrimination against the government.
The EC estimated more than 10 million voted for a record turnout of 80 per cent of 13 million registered voters. AGENCIES
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