ANY word on tonight’s results from THE MAHAJIB? So far nothing yet.

Selepas UBN mengalami kekalahan teruk dalam PRU ke 12, PRK Permatang Pauh dan PRK Kuala Terengganu, Tun Abdullah Badawi (Pak Lah) dijadikan kambing hitam untuk menutup segala kelemahan UBN.

By Ben Bland (The Telegraph, UK)Just days after two Malaysian women were fined nearly £200,000 each for possession of pirated DVDs, Malaysia's new prime minister Najib Razak used his first…

A show of a more united Umno, with the presence of former premier Mahathir Mohamad, appeared not to have worked at winning back the Malays.Carolyn Hong, The Straits Times

(Bernama) -- The Barisan Nasional's failure to wrest back the Bukit Selambau seat from the opposition does not mean the people's rejection of the country's new leadership, Umno…

(The Star) - Barisan Nasional will appoint an independent body to carry out a post-mortem on its defeats in the Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau by-elections.

She says that at this point in the contest, Umno is the party that has clearly compromised itself. Its corruption and racism have been laid bare for the rakyat to see, and many have chosen to reject…

Referendum on Perak and new PMPAS's win means it must continue to be centrist to retain support. It confirms the new trend realised in last year's general election, that PAS can only perform…

The announcement is closely watched as it could make or break his new image as a leader who wants to be in touch with the ground.THE STRAITS TIMES

The criteria for the new line-up is they must have university degrees and are not seen as having any political baggage or corrupt. However, most Umno and Barisan Nasional politicians are seen as…

(The Straits Times) - The momentum that Malaysia’s new Premier Najib Razak had hoped to create came to an abrupt halt last night, after the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered two heavy…

Losing three parliamentary by-elections in a row -- first in Permatang Pauh, followed by Kuala Terengganu and now in Bukit Gantang, despite favourable conditions for the coalition, coming soon…

(NST) - Opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has likened Pakatan Rakyat's victories in the Bukit Gantang and Bukit Selambau by-elections as a message from Malaysians that they are still…

(NST) - The middle-income group residing in urban Bukit Selambau -- or that half of Sungai Petani town -- did in Barisan Nasional's chances in the by-election.

(AP) - Malaysia's opposition won two of three by-elections held Tuesday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, who took office last week with pledges to carry out wide-ranging…

(REUTERS) - A MALAYSIAN minister has conceded defeat for the ruling National Front coalition in two of the three constituencies where special elections have been held.

By Farish A. Noor The by-elections in Malaysia this week have demonstrated in many ways the fact that Malaysia’s political landscape has changed very little over the past year:

The Indians are not that gullible and naïve. Why release the two ‘harmless’ ones who had repented anyway? Why not release the other three ‘hardcore’ HINDRAF leaders -- in…

The referendum is crystal clear that UMNO or BN is too corrupt to fool the people with the exception of Sarawakians. You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time,…

I read Tun Mahathir blog article under the heading, “Mengapa saya masuk balik UMNO” with sadness.

(DPA) - Malaysia’s ruling National Front coalition suffered another major bruising by the opposition alliance when it managed to win only one out of three special by-elections held Tuesday.

The three constituencies, embracing more than 98,700 voters, were seen as an indicator of the next elections due by 2013 because they represent a wide spectrum of Malaysians. AFP

The cabinet of Tunku Abdul Rahman had only 13 ministers. The word 'deputy minister' was unheard of until Tun Razak formed the first Barisan Nasional cabinet after the 1974 election with 22…

Like many other Malaysians, the Bukit Gantang voters believe the Sultan acted wrongly when he refused to dissolve the state assembly following the defections. In the court of public opinion, the…

Tony Pua, DAP's national publicity secretary, says that the election results are an endorsement of the ousted Pakatan Rakyat government in Perak and that the nearly 100 per cent increase in the…

(Associated Press) - Malaysia's opposition won two of three by-elections held Tuesday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Najib Razak who took power last week with pledges to carry out wide-ranging…

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(Reuters) - New Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak suffered an early blow after just four days in power when the opposition scored a big win in a tense by-election that was billed as a referendum…

No, I am NOT going to write a new article today. I am just going to rehash what I wrote in this same column on 6 April 2009. That article was called: Another day to go and Najib is going to eat humble…

Keputusan tidak rasmi 8.51 malam, calon PAS Dato' Seri Mohd Nizar Jamaluddin menang Bukit Gantang dengan undi 20,021, BN (17,076), Bebas (56). Majoriti - 2,945.