Leaders from both the opposition alliance and the ruling party claimed their communications were being disrupted by non-stop spam calls on their mobile phones as voting progressed. Under Malaysia's first-past-the-post system, the party or alliance with the majority of seats in the 222-member parliament wins. Najib, casting his vote, said he was confident of victory following what he described as "quite vicious" personal attacks during the campaign. At the last election in 2013, BN lost the majority vote in its worst performance ever, but pulled in 133 seats. In Najib's favour, ethnic Malays support BN for affirmative-action policies that give them government contracts, cheap housing and guaranteed university admissions.

Source: bd News24 May 09, 2018 06:11 UTC