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grounds when the DAP took issue with PAS’s Islamism, the same issue led
to the breakup of the PR in 2015. e reconstitution of PR as PH, however,
enabled the opposition alliance to maintain e ective institutional cohesion
and to continue its agenda of reform politics in 2018.

Chart 5.2 Voter turnout in GE14 and GE13

16,000,000

14,000,000
12,000,000

Number of votes 10,000,000

8,000,000

6,000,000
4,000,000

2,000,000

0
Total Voters Total ballots cast Turnout
2013 13,268,002 11,226,417 84.85%
2018 14,912,268 12,075,182 80.97%

Chart 5.3 Votes won by parties in GE14

6,000,000
5,000,000

4,000,000
Votes won 3,000,000

2,000,000
1,000,000
0
PH BN PAS Warisan Others
Votes 5,517,658 4,080,797 2,026,255 277,169 173,303
Percentage 45.69% 33.79% 16.78% 2.30% 1.44%

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