Malaysia's 15ᵗʰ general election: Malay-Muslim voting trends and the rise of PAS

• Main Authors: Ahmad Fauzi Abdul Hamid, Che Hamdan Che Mohd Razali
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; Country and Region Studies; International Political Economy
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165423
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The emergence of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) as the largest party in the Malaysian parliament following the recent GE15 was the result of greatly increased voter support from the Malay-Muslim community. What accounted for this swing in voter support for PAS and, by extension, Perikatan Nas...