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Pakatan Harapan's loss in Negri Sembilan represents the coalition's gravest electoral crisis since 2018, threatening the stability of PM Anwar Ibrahim's Madani government and raising urgent questions about the party's survival strategy.
Negri Sembilan's snap election has become a closely contested battle between Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Harapan, with the palace crisis and competition for Malay support defining the campaign dynamics.
Khairy Jamaluddin, the ex-Rembau member of parliament, has delegated the decision on whether he will contest in the upcoming Negri Sembilan state election to Umno's top hierarchy.