Malaysia's ruling coalition Barisan Nasional (BN), or National Front, won the 12th general election here, according to preliminary statistics on Sunday.
Election Commission (EC) chairman Rahid announced early Sunday at a press conference that at 01:30 a.m. early Sunday, the BN has won 127 seats, exceeding a simple majority in the country's 222-seat lower house of the Parliament, to form a new government.
Rahid did not disclose how many seats that the opposition parties seized at that time.
The Election Commission also said that the BN has won a simple majority in the state legislative assemblies like Johor, Malacca, Perlis, Terrenggaru, Pahang, Sembilan to form the state governments there.
However, three BN component party leaders failed in Saturday's general election and failed to secure a seat at the lower house of the Parliament, including Malaysian Indian Congress President Samy Vellu, and People's Movement Party Acting President Koh Tsu Koon.
The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) reportedly has won a simple majority in the state of Kelantan to continue to control the state' s government.
The voting at three locations in East Malaysia's Sarawak State will be postponed to Sunday after a boat ferrying election officials and ballot boxes capsized there on Saturday.
Earlier on Saturday, Malaysian election officials denied that some polling stations in Sarawak were shut down due to floods triggered by heavy rains there.
After the EC announced that the BN won the general election, Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak held a press conference.
Badawi said at the press conference that he will meet Supreme Head on the formation of a new government on Monday.
Badawi did not comment on the results of this election, saying that a relevant statement will be issued after the election.
Source: Xinhua
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