BN could've won GE14 if it had asked for recount, says Tapah MP

Gan Pei Ling Gan Pei Ling Updated 5 years ago · Published on 3 Aug 2018 9:12AM · 16 Comments

BARISAN Nasional could have won the 14th general election if the coalition had asked for a recount in narrowly lost seats, said Tapah MP M. Saravanan.

“They (Pakatan Harapan) didn’t win big (in these narrowly lost seats)… if we had not panicked, if we had asked for a recount in places we lost narrowly, we could have won,” the former deputy minister said during a ceramah in Taman Sri Andalas, Klang, last night.

BN lost Putrajaya for the first time in history, securing only 79 of the 222 parliamentary seats in the May 9 polls.

PH swept to victory after winning 113 seats, while its Sabah ally, Parti Warisan Sabah, won eight.

The Election Commission was slammed for delaying the announcement of the election results.

PAS, which attempted to be kingmaker in the event of a hung Parliament, won 18 seats.

MIC central committee member Saravanan retained Tapah with a slim majority of 614 votes, compared with 7,927 in 2013.

The three-term lawmaker said BN conceded defeat gracefully.

“We didn’t say the lights were turned off (‘lampu dipadam’). We didn’t say the EC was not transparent.”

Former Padang Serai MP N. Gobalakrishnan, who spoke after Saravanan, said although it might have been God’s will that PH won, the pact had done so by trickery.

He said if PH had lost, its leaders would have taken to the streets to protest, but BN leaders went home quietly.

“There was no chaos. BN showed a high degree of humanity,” said the former PKR leader, who has rejoined MIC. – August 3, 2018.

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  • How moronic can you be?

    Posted 5 years ago by Awang Bilis · Reply

    • I totally agree..just can't belive what an unbelievable Moron of the first degree...real nut case !!

      Posted 5 years ago by Aslam Pillai · Reply

  • I am wondering

    Posted 5 years ago by MAG GR · Reply

  • Ask for recount to allow time to ship in extra ballot papers to cheat? Podahlah gangster thamby.

    Posted 5 years ago by Chee yee ng · Reply

  • tambi ... what are u talking ? its all over. stop dreaming. more realistic to dream on ... GE15 . the DNA of must win , sure win or gifted to win , is still boiling in the blood.

    Posted 5 years ago by TC BOY · Reply

  • This MP is an imbecile to think like the way he thinks. Really stupid reasoning. With BN is disarray, GE15 will be a clean sweep for PH.

    Posted 5 years ago by Ramakrishnan Thangavelu · Reply

  • Ha ha ha ha ha ha lol lol lol. He makes imbeciles look good. Macha outdid himself.

    Posted 5 years ago by Kevin Heart · Reply

  • Perhaps if a recount was done for Tapah, you might have lost your seat. Want to try for a by election....hahaha.
    Yes indeed you are still living in the past and Gobal thambi, if you had been with PKR....guess what, sour grapes

    Posted 5 years ago by ALAN THAM · Reply

  • Perhaps if a recount was done for Tapah, you might have lost your seat. Want to try for a by election....hahaha.
    Yes indeed you are still living in the past and Gobal thambi, if you had been with PKR....guess what, sour grapes

    Posted 5 years ago by ALAN THAM · Reply

  • Podah mairandi!

    Posted 5 years ago by Watchdog Watchdog · Reply

  • You say "God's will, and trickery"? So Barisan was finally forsaken by the Almighty? Did God also manipulate the trickery to Pakatan's advantage? Was there an element of luck involved? If BN had won, it would have corrupted more minds till there would have been no hope of any redemption for Malaysia. Now there is still a chance to put right many wrongs as we can see happening everywhere. That's why this changing scenario is being called NEW MALAYSIA. Out with the old, In with the new..

    Posted 5 years ago by MELVILLE JAYATHISSA · Reply

  • Come on...Gopal needs a face saving story for Ah Jib and himself. Truth hurts.....Rakyats' rejection equally painful too. Want to know the truth, resign and test it out in the by election...and say bye bye !

    Posted 5 years ago by Malaysians' Malaysia · Reply

  • Is N. Gobalakrishnan, in saying although it might have been Gods will that PH won, the pact had done so by trickery saying Allah supported trickery? Najib lost despite pulling out every trick in UMNO's playbook from gerrymandering to holding an election on a Wednesday to paying thousands of ringgit in cash to secure votes. Indeed it is God's will through the people's votes that delivered PH's win, and this victory is against UMNO's culture of instituted corruption and the biggest kleptocracy in contemporary history under the guise of Malay rights.

    Posted 5 years ago by Roger 5201 · Reply

  • Can anyone trust this snake?

    Posted 5 years ago by Will Be Humble · Reply

  • You probably ended up losing more seats.

    Posted 5 years ago by Tanahair Ku · Reply

  • Why not re-count? I'm sure BN will win bcoz Madey has planned well using his influence to control SPR for GE14 to ensure BN topple.

    Posted 5 years ago by Syed Shahir Bin Mokhtarruddin · Reply