00:00MCA has secured eight seats in the Johor State Assembly, surpassing DAP's Hall of Six,
00:07a remarkable turnaround in fortune for UMNO's Chinese partner in Barisan Nasional.
00:12The result overturns a decade of repeated defeats to DAP in urban Chinese majority seats
00:18and is likely to quieten calls for MCA to leave BN.
00:22MCA recorded its biggest achievements by regaining Tangkak, Jementa and Johor Jaya,
00:28seats that had fallen to DAP in 2013, 2018 and 2022, although with reducing majorities.
00:35The party also retained Pekananas, Yongpeng, Beko and Paloh and helped BN hold on to layang-layang,
00:43warding off challenges from PKR and Bersatu.
00:46DAP meanwhile saw its 10-seat hall pared down to six, losing three to MCA and one to MIC,
00:53but holding on to bantayan, mengkibol, stulang, pengaram, senai and kempas.
01:00The result averted a repeat of DAP's total wipeout in the Sabah polls in November,
01:05but will set alarm bells ringing among the party's top leadership with the next general election approaching.
01:12Amardeep Gill, FMT.
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