Although BN and Perikatan Nasional joined forces to consolidate the Malay vote in the Negeri Sembilan election, an analysis of polling district results and Chennah’s demographics suggests DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke still made modest gains among Malay voters.

His support among Chinese voters, meanwhile, appears to have remained stable at around 80 percent, although MCA may have made marginal gains among the community.

Overall, Pakatan Harapan’s vote share in Chennah rose by nearly three percentage points from the 2022 general election. But with BN absorbing most of...