Zahid believes Chinese voters returning to BN
Published: Jun 9, 2026 3:49 PM
Updated: 8:07 PM
BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi believed that Chinese voters are beginning to swing back to his coalition.
Likening Chinese votes to a pendulum on a clock, he acknowledged that for BN, the swing was coming back around.
“But there are no clocks where (the pendulum) only swings down, it also goes up.
“And I am confident, and I believe that Chinese voters, little by little, are returning to BN,” he said in an interview with Nanyang Siang Pau today.
The deputy prime minister also quipped how a once-strong party had won zero seats in a recent state election, likely referring to DAP being wiped out in the Sabah polls.
Updated: 8:07 PM
BN chairperson Ahmad Zahid Hamidi believed that Chinese voters are beginning to swing back to his coalition.
Likening Chinese votes to a pendulum on a clock, he acknowledged that for BN, the swing was coming back around.
“But there are no clocks where (the pendulum) only swings down, it also goes up.
“And I am confident, and I believe that Chinese voters, little by little, are returning to BN,” he said in an interview with Nanyang Siang Pau today.
The deputy prime minister also quipped how a once-strong party had won zero seats in a recent state election, likely referring to DAP being wiped out in the Sabah polls.
He said this also showed that Chinese voters were practical, and that they could also be practical in the next general election.
Zahid’s party, Umno, has had a poor rapport with non-Malays over the years, with party youth chief Dr Akmal Saleh infamous for making remarks that had racially charged undertones.
However, DAP and Pakatan Harapan have also been struggling with non-Malay support of late over various issues such as perceived pandering to conservative Malays in order to gain Malay support to the detriment of the coalition’s own base.
Long time to undo ‘DAP bogeyman’ view
Meanwhile, in an interview with China Press, Zahid said it would take more than three years to undo the Malay perception that DAP is a bogeyman.
Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad
He said this was because a former prime minister had spent 22 years demonising the party, referring to Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Zahid also said that competition in politics is normal and that there are no permanent friends or foes in this field.
He said this was because a former prime minister had spent 22 years demonising the party, referring to Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Zahid also said that competition in politics is normal and that there are no permanent friends or foes in this field.
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