Pakatan Rakyat today refused to submit to the announced results of the just concluded 13th general election, claiming electoral fraud and irregularities.
"It is unfair for us to form a decision based primarily on an election that we consider fraudulent," said de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur today.
He blamed the Election Commission for allowing electoral fraud to occur, adding that "the EC has failed the country".
"Until EC explains (the irregularities)," and until the results of disputed seats are resolved, Anwar argued that as far as he is concerned, BN is just short of a simple majority.
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1) Pakatan lost Kedah. The three states that Pakatan Rakyat has retained - Selangor, Penang and Kelantan - were all won by two-thirds majority:
Selangor - Pakatan 44, BN 12
Penang - Pakatan 30, BN 10
Kelantan - Pakatan 33, BN 12
2) MCA is left with six parliament seats (down from 15), while Gerakan is left with one seat (down from two). The sole Gerakan seat is Simpang Renggam in Johor, which was successfully defended by Liang Teck Meng.
3) DAP is the biggest winners (it gained 10 seats overall), while both PKR and PAS lost one and two seats respectively compared to the 2008 results.
Form Malaysiakini
DAP - 38
PKR - 30
PAS - 21
4) The seven additional seats gained by Pakatan are from Sabah (2 seats) and Sarawak (five seats).
5) Early calculations indicate that Pakatan Rakyat has won slightly more popular votes than BN nationwide - 51% against 49%.
2013-05-06 04:13