Wave (Malaysian politics)
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In Malaysian politics, a political tsunami (Malay: tsunami politik), also known as wave is a term that describes a sudden landslide victory in the elections. The term was popularised during the 2008 general elections. It is also describes a major and sudden change in political landscape.[1]
Background[edit]
Though the term was famous only during 2008 Malaysian general election, in fact, the previous election produced an a landslide victory to Barisan Nasional. BN won 198 seats, the highest ever in Malaysian history.
Across the term, the support for Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi remains high despite gradually decreased. Entering the 2008 election, the opposition launched its' campaign, advocating for a change of government. Later on, BN unexpectedly suffered major losses, failed to secured a two-thirds majority for the first time since 1969.[2][3] Losing five states and left with only 140 seats, pressures arose as Abdullah was later asked to resign.
One notable factors on BN's defeat in the election is loss of support from ethnic minorities. Previously, MCA, MIC and Gerakan were able to won much seats (MCA alone won more seats than opposition combined). Chinese voters swung their votes to opposition, mainly to DAP and PKR. Such this event described as 'Chinese tsunami' among political commentators.
The Green wave[edit]
2022 Malaysian general election has resulted Perikatan Nasional won an unprecedented 73 (later 74 seats).[4] [5]Much of its' gains are from northern Peninsular seats which was held by Barisan Nasional. For the first time, UMNO failed to become largest individual party in the Dewan Rakyat after PAS won 43 seats. PN won all but one seats across the northern states.
This result was only predicted during the last days of campaign. Prior to the polling day, PN was projected to become the third largest alliance in the Dewan Rakyat behind Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan. However, campaigns done by PN managed to brought the alliance to the second place in the opinion polls. They even surprisingly won seats that has been either BN or PH strongholds in southern states such as Putrajaya (which BN won since it's creation), Kapar and Hulu Langat (both were PH safe seats). This phenomenal outcome has been dubbed as the 'Green wave' (referring to PAS official colour which is green) by both PN and medias.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ↑ azmi (2017-03-09). "Tiga tsunami politik Malaysia". HarakahDaily. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ↑ "Bagaimana 'tsunami' berlaku? (Bahagian Satu)". Malaysiakini. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ↑ www.astroawani.com https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/tsunami-politik-pada-pru-ke-12-15513. Retrieved 2023-05-24. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Muhyiddin on pole: what you need to know after Malaysia's deadlocked election". South China Morning Post. 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ↑ admin (2022-11-21). "Senarai Calon-calon PN Yang Menang Kerusi Parlimen PRU15". Info Terkini Bantuan. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- ↑ "Kit Siang bimbang 'gelombang hijau' akan menjadikan Malaysia negara Islam sebelum PRU-17 - Agenda Daily". https://semakanstr.com/. Retrieved 2023-05-24. External link in
|website=(help) - ↑ "PRN: Penyertaan Annuar, Noh bantu bangkitkan gelombang hijau". MSN. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
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