{
  "id": 2046080,
  "title": "BN perlu dapatkan sokongan Melayu sebelum gerak solo, kata badan pemikir",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/bn-perlu-dapatkan-sokongan-melayu-sebelum-gerak-solo-kata-badan-2046080",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T23:49:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/08/20/bn-perlu-dapatkan-sokongan-melayu-sebelum-gerak-solo-kata-badan-pemikir"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Barisan Nasional (BN) needs to secure Malay support before moving forward with a solo campaign or cooperation with the opposition alliance, according to Hisommudin Bakar, Executive Director of Ilham Centre. The challenge for BN is to attract young Malay voters, who historically have given strong support to PN. \"If BN cannot determine this (whether Malay voters will support them again), they have no choice but to hand over the contested seat to PN, as PN has already won that seat in the last election,\" Bakar said at the BN forum titled \"Post-Johor and Negeri Sembilan: A New Dynamic in Malaysian Politics?\" On the federal level, BN must evaluate its strength and Malay support in each electoral district. In Negeri Sembilan, the collaboration between BN and PN resulted in both winning 18 and seven seats respectively, a sufficient majority to form a state government. This was the first victory for the BN-PN collaboration, which agreed not to contest each other. BN-PN also requested supporters to vote for candidates from the alliance. BN's Syaza Shukri of Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia noted that Pakatan Harapan (PH), the BN ally in the federal unity government, is a liability amidst the growing Malay-Muslim sentiment. \"There is little burden to bear when becoming part of the unity government,\" he said. Shukri added that cooperation with PH allows BN to attract the support of diverse voter segments, while PH attracts non-Malay voters. The main challenge for both alliances is to ensure that their supporters vote for candidates from the alliance they are part of. \"When BN works with PH, they can attract support from two segments, Malay and non-Malay. But the problem is that voter turnout is very weak.\"",
  "summary": "Pengarah Eksekutif Ilham Centre Hisommudin Bakar berkata cabaran BN adalah untuk menarik pengundi Melayu muda, iaitu segmen yang selama ini beri sokongan kuat kepada PN.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "BN perlu dapatkan sokongan Melayu sebelum gerak solo, kata badan pemikir",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/bn-perlu-dapatkan-sokongan-melayu-sebelum-gerak-solo-kata-badan",
        "published": "2026-08-19T23:49:13.000Z"
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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."
}