Pollsters predict Anwar-led Pakatan Harapan will win most seats in Malaysia election

straitstimes.com | 19-Nov-2022 – KUALA LUMPUR – Two major independent pollsters have projected that Pakatan Harapan (PH) will win the most seats in Malaysia’s general election on Saturday, while a substantial number of constituencies are too close to call. On the eve of polling day, Merdeka Center said it predicted that the PH opposition pact would […]

Pakatan in the lead with 82 seats, Merdeka Center poll finds

themalaysianinsight.com | 18-Nov-2022 – INDEPENDENT pollster Merdeka Center has projected that Pakatan Harapan (PH) will emerge tops when the 15th general election concludes with 82 seats while Perikatan Nasional (PN) will come in second with 43 seats. It predicted that the country’s oldest coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) will end the polls with 15 only seats. […]

Merdeka Center’s projection has Harapan in the lead

malaysiakini.com | 18-Nov-2022 – GE15 | Independent pollster Merdeka Center has projected that Pakatan Harapan will win 82 parliamentary seats tomorrow.However, their projection could not account for 45 seats which were regarded as “too close to call”. So far, they expect Perikatan Nasional (PN) to…

Merdeka Center’s Suffian on Malaysian Elections

[iframe src=”https://www.bloomberg.com/media-manifest/embed/iframe?id=f6361279-52c9-46e5-9d7b-76453a016607″ allowscriptaccess=”always” frameborder=”0″] bloomberg.com | 18-Nov-2022 – Ibrahim Suffian, Co-Founder and Director of Programs at the Merdeka Center, discusses the key issues ahead of the Malaysian election. He speaks with Juliette Saly on “Bloomberg Markets Asia”. (Source: Bloomberg)

Factbox: Malaysia’s prime minister candidates in upcoming poll

Reuters | KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11  – Malaysia will go to the polls on Nov. 19th in what is set to be a highly competitive race between three major coalitions led by incumbent Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, long-time opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, and former premier Muhyiddin Yassin. No single coalition is expected to win […]

PN the ‘wildcard’ in GE15, says research centre

freemalaysiatoday | 11-Nov-2022 – PETALING JAYA: Perikatan Nasional (PN) is the “wildcard” in the general election (GE15) as the coalition is projected to gain swing votes from the Malay electorate, according to a public opinion research centre. Merdeka Center programmes director Ibrahim Suffian said if Malay support for PN continued to grow, it could eclipse […]

Merdeka Center: Perikatan becoming GE15 dark horse, benefitting PAS

malaymail.com | KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 — Islamist party PAS is poised to gain from Perikatan Nasional’s resurgence in the 15th general election campaign in which the coalition was previously considered a non-starter, based on Merdeka Center’s analysis. According to the Free Malaysia Today portal, Merdeka Center director Ibrahim Suffian said there could be a swing in […]

A hung parliament is favourable to a stable coalition

malaysianinsight.com | 06-Nov-2022 – LIKE what the recent survey conducted by the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research revealed, it would be difficult for any political coalition to win enough votes in the coming general election to secure enough numbers to form a federal government. Malaysia practises the first-past-the-post electoral system, where the majority (even if the […]