The Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, led by United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), has decided to contest all 56 state assembly seats in Johor's next election, effectively going it alone without any coalition partners.
This means BN – whose lynchpin party is the United Malays National Organisation – will not cooperate in Johor with other political pacts like Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan, as well as the Perikatan Nasional or Malaysian United Democratic Alliance in the opposition camp.
Johor Chief Minister Onn Hafiz Ghazi at his office in Iskandar Puteri, Johor, on Feb 7, 2025. Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results. JOHOR BAHRU: The Barisan Nasional coalition will contest all 56 seats in Johor’s next state election, said Johor Chief Minister and Johor BN Onn Hafiz Ghazi on Saturday .
This means BN – whose lynchpin party is the United Malays National Organisation – will go it alone and not cooperate with other political pacts likeThe decision to contest all 56 seats in next Johor state election is a “clear offer to the people that we are ready to continue to form a stable, strong government and fully serve to the development of the state and the welfare of Johor”, said Onn Hafiz in a Facebook post. , with party insiders indicating that the party’s recent supreme council meetings have increasingly centred on election readiness, CNA reported on May 15.
An UMNO Johor state assemblyman told CNA that party machinery has been quietly activated for a potential vote in the latter half of the year. It is the prerogative of the state’s ruler or governor to dissolve the state assemblies on the advice of the chief minister, who is typically from the state’s ruling party or coalition. Besides UMNO, BN is made up of smaller parties such as the Malaysian Chinese Association and the Malaysian Indian Congress.
Although BN is aligned with Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s PH at the federal level, they are rivals at the state level in Johor and Melaka. BN has a strong incentive to call early state polls rather than align them with the next general election, as lower turnout in standalone contests tend to favour the incumbent while putting its main rival PH at a disadvantage, they added.
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