UMNO party elections: incumbents in control, for the moment

• Main Author: Hamdan, Shahril
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; UMNO Party Elections; Country and Region Studies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165516
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The UMNO party elections held soon after Malaysia’s 15th General Election (GE15) were framed as a test of how its members felt about recent events. These included a prolonged period of internal wrangling, UMNO’s worst electoral showing in history leading to an alliance in government with old foes, a...