The focus is not only on whether Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will call for early polls, due in February 2028. From PKR’s perspective, it could have gained 17 more seats with BN voter support — including seven PN seats where Umno had outpolled them. Last week, it emerged that MIC had joined PN, according to the latter’s secretary general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. This includes Kuala Selangor, where Amanah’s Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad, now health minister, won against Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Aziz by around 1,000 votes, a 1.2% margin. Similarly, in Sungai Buloh, Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar lost to PKR’s Datuk Seri Ramanan Ramakrishnan by a 2.1% margin.

Source: The Edge Markets April 01, 2026 09:30 UTC