And the unofficial count gives Pakatan Rakyat 97 seats at midnight. It is a tight race to Putrajaya.
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional has won 112 seats to form a government with a simple majority.
Pakatan Rakyat meanwhile has won 58 seats, with DAP winning 28, PKR 18 and PAS 12.
“As of 12.50am on May 6, 2013, the results for political parties and independent candidates are as follows: BN with 112 seats, PAS with 12, PKR with 18 and DAP with 28,” Election Commission chairman Abdul Aziz Yusof announced tonight.
“That’s all the announcements, for now,” he added.
Unofficially, FMT learnt that BN had won 129 seats in all with Pakatan winning the remaining 93.
In 2008, BN won 140 seats and Pakatan 82.
BN also managed to win back Kedah with a slim majority and Perak by a single seat.
Documentary evidence
Speaking at a press conference early this morning, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak hailed Barisan Nasional’s victory and called for a ‘time of national reconciliation’.
The prime minister praised the conduct of the election, which he described as ‘true, fair and transparent’. He asked Malaysians to accept the will of the people, respect the result and ‘show the world we are a mature democracy’.
Rejecting racial politics during the campaign as ‘unhealthy’, the prime minister called for the adoption of ‘policies that are moderate’, and decried extremism.
Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim meanwhile said Pakatan would not accept the results unless Election Commission can explain the electoral fraud that happened during polling today.
Speaking at a press conference today, Anwar said that the opposition had documentary evidence of the dubious electoral process which happened throughout they day at various locations.
“My decision stands. It’s not fair to expect me to make a decision in an election which is fraudulent,” he said.
PETALING JAYA: Barisan Nasional has won 112 seats to form a government with a simple majority.Pakatan Rakyat meanwhile has won 58 seats, with DAP winning 28, PKR 18 and PAS 12.
“As of 12.50am on May 6, 2013, the results for political parties and independent candidates are as follows: BN with 112 seats, PAS with 12, PKR with 18 and DAP with 28,” Election Commission chairman Abdul Aziz Yusof announced tonight.
“That’s all the announcements, for now,” he added.
Unofficially, FMT learnt that BN had won 129 seats in all with Pakatan winning the remaining 93.
In 2008, BN won 140 seats and Pakatan 82.
BN also managed to win back Kedah with a slim majority and Perak by a single seat.
Documentary evidence
Speaking at a press conference early this morning, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak hailed Barisan Nasional’s victory and called for a ‘time of national reconciliation’.
The prime minister praised the conduct of the election, which he described as ‘true, fair and transparent’. He asked Malaysians to accept the will of the people, respect the result and ‘show the world we are a mature democracy’.
Rejecting racial politics during the campaign as ‘unhealthy’, the prime minister called for the adoption of ‘policies that are moderate’, and decried extremism.
Pakatan Rakyat leader Anwar Ibrahim meanwhile said Pakatan would not accept the results unless Election Commission can explain the electoral fraud that happened during polling today.
Speaking at a press conference today, Anwar said that the opposition had documentary evidence of the dubious electoral process which happened throughout they day at various locations.
“My decision stands. It’s not fair to expect me to make a decision in an election which is fraudulent,” he said.
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