He said that, compared with the results in GE14, Barisan Nasional’s majority in Tioman declined by almost half, whereas PN’s majority in Padang Serai doubled.

“The results for both seats show that the people are not enthused about the PH-BN cooperation,” he said in a Facebook post.

He said it showed that the people have no faith in the PH-BN cooperation, and that there is no confidence in the ability of the unity government to administer the country.

“Disappointed with the fraud committed by PH and BN leaders during the 15th general election (GE15) campaigns, many have now turned to supporting PN,” he said.

Last night, PN’s Azman Nasrudin claimed the Padang Serai seat after a 16,260-vote majority win against PH’s Sofee Razak.

The Padang Serai election was deferred to Dec 7 after PH candidate M Karupaiya, who won the seat in GE14, died three days before polling on Nov 19.

Karupaiya, who is said to have died of a heart attack, won the seat in the 2018 general election with a majority of more than 8,000 votes.

In Tioman, BN’s Johari Hussain won with a slim majority of 573 votes.

The election for the state seat was postponed following the death of PN candidate Yunus Ramli, 61, in the early hours of Nov 19.

Johari won the seat in the 2018 general election with a 1,280-vote majority against Yunus in a four-cornered fight.