{
  "id": 20080679,
  "title": "Malaysia’s Melaka poll shows ethnic lines firming. Can Anwar turn Malay nationalist tide?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/malaysias-melaka-poll-shows-ethnic-lines-firming-can-anwar-turn-malay",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T00:00:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3374453/malaysias-melaka-poll-shows-ethnic-lines-firming-can-anwar-turn-malay-nationalist-tide"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Identity politics could very well decide the outcome of Malaysia’s next national election, experts say, after parties and voters dug in their heels along ethnic lines in recent polls that have undermined Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s multicultural ruling coalition. On Saturday, Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) suffered its third straight electoral defeat this year in Melaka state as the incumbent…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Samsuri thanks Melaka voters for support",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/14/samsuri-thanks-melaka-voters-for-support",
        "published": "2026-11-14T15:39:08.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}