Suraya was known to be close to Mukhriz during his first stint as Mentri Besar but she has no intention of leaving Umno. An Umno warlord has insisted on having his brother as the Mentri Besar while the palace is considering another candidate. In contrast, PAS Mentri Besar in Terengganu Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar is a former university don and political secretary to the PAS president. The Malay votes went three ways this time around but thanks to Dr Mahathir, Pakatan managed to draw its share of Malay votes even without the help of PAS. Barisan secured 34% or around four million votes which Sim estimates to be largely Malay votes given that an overwhelming number of Chinese had voted against it.

Source: The Nation Bangkok May 13, 2018 02:15 UTC