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Malaysia’s stability dividend faces its next test as state elections loom

The polls will ask: Can PH and BN remain partners in Putrajaya while competing at state level?

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    • Beyond state elections, the coalition of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is also contending with pressures building beneath the surface.
    • Beyond state elections, the coalition of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is also contending with pressures building beneath the surface. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

    Simon Tay

    Published Thu, Jun 11, 2026 · 02:00 PM

    MALAYSIA looks calmer today than it has for some years.

    After the upheaval that followed the 2018 general election and the instability of successive administrations, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has done better than many expected in holding together a broad unity government. 

    Pakatan Harapan (PH), Barisan Nasional (BN) and the state-based parties from Sarawak and Sabah are not natural partners. Yet, for now, the arrangement has held.

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