Between perception and reality

The reality is, Barisan Nasional garnered less than 50% of the popular vote in Peninsular Malaysia. Only when the votes from Sabah and Sarawak are added in would Barisan Nasional's share of the popular votes increase above 50%, but even then only slightly above 50%. In other words, the ruling coalition versus opposition votes were split almost 50:50. But then the ruling coalition comprises of 14 political parties as opposed to the opposition's three.

quarter million postal votes and the estimated three quarters of a million 'phantom' voters

The opposition needs just another 30 more Parliament seats to form the next federal governmentat (least 29 more to reach the half-way mark in the 222-member parliament to mount a challenge)

Abdullah's son-in-law, Khairy Jamaluddin, too lost. On the first count he lost by 114 votes. He then demanded a recount and this 114-vote loss mysteriously transformed to a 5,000-vote win. The great David Copperfield himself has admitted that even he is not able to perform this trick. Khairy knows he lost. Every man and his dog knows he lost. Whatever you might say can never transform this perception into reality.

two states would be led by PAS, two by DAP, with one for PKR.

We shall show the rakyat who voted for us how we run these five states in spite of being denied any federal funds.

source: Malaysia Today