Poll result shows Umno has lost its place in Penang, says analyst

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Political apathy and internal sabotage within Umno also seen as other factors contributing to the PH defeat in Sungai Bakap.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/07/07/poll-result-shows-umno-has-lost-its-place-in-penang-says-analyst/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2024/07/07/prk-sg-bakap-tunjuk-umno-hilang-tempat-di-p-pinang/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #PRK #SungaiBakap #Umno #Penang #PN

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00:00Pakatan Harapan's defeat in the Sungai Bakar by-election is a sign that UMNO has lost its appeal among Penang's Malay population, says political analyst James Chin of the University of Tasmania.

00:15Chin said most Malay votes went to Perikatan Nasional, showing that UMNO is no longer a force in Penang and that they can no longer significantly aid the unity government there.

00:26Chin said PH and its ally Barisan Nasional have their work cut out for them following PN's success with a bigger majority.

00:35Results showed the PN candidate Abidin Ismail of PAS pulled 14,489 votes for a majority of 4,267 votes over his PH opponent Juhari Arifin of PKR, who pulled 10,222 votes.

00:53Meanwhile, socio-political analyst Awang Azman Paui of University Malaya said lower non-Malay turnout was due to political apathy among the Chinese community, who believe the results will not change the position of the state and federal governments.

01:08He said the low Malay support for PH could also be caused by internal sabotage, as UMNO members might have campaigned against the PH candidate.

01:17Awang Azman also said the loss could have been caused by the government's failure to effectively explain national issues such as diesel subsidies to the grassroots.

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