Malaysia's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN), or National Front, has obtained 84 of the total 222 parliamentary seats in the 12th general election on Saturday, according to the initial results.
In the results of 109 seats unveiled at 00:30 a.m. on Sunday by election officials on Malaysia's National Broadcasting and Television RTM1, the candidates from the opposition parties secured 25 parliamentary seats.
Among the seats seized by the opposition parties, the Democratic Action Party (DAP) got nine, the Islamic Party of Malaysia got eight, and the People's Justice Party got eight.
Source: Xinhua
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