Johor Pakatan Harapan (PH) confirmed their intention to compete in all 56 state constituencies in the upcoming polls, rejecting electoral cooperation with Barisan Nasional (BN) for the state elections.
Johor Pakatan Harapan chief Aminolhuda Hassan speaks at the 2026 PH Convention at the Johor Persada International Convention Centre in Johor Bahru May 17, 2026.
— Picture by Ben Tan! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. JOHOR BAHRU, May 17 — Johor Pakatan Harapan today announced that it will contest in all 56 state constituencies in the upcoming polls, following Barisan Nasional’s announcement yesterday.
Johor PH chief Aminolhuda Hassan said the decision was made after BN Johor announced that they would contest in all state seats on their own. He said Johor PH will not back down on this decision and dismissed any cooperation with BN for the state polls.
“Johor BN lost in the 2018 election and it is possible that this can happen again in the upcoming state election,” he said when speaking at the 2026 PH Convention held at the Persada Johor International Convention Centre here today. Yesterday, Johor BN confirmed it would contest all 56 seats in the coming state election, effectively ruling out any electoral cooperation with PH Perikatan Nasional or even Muda.
Johor BN chief and state menteri besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi was reported saying that the decision was made after taking into account the views of Johoreans as well as the grassroots leadership of Umno and the state BN. Aminolhuda, who is Johor Parti Amanah Negara chief, also criticised the recent appointment of five non-elected state assemblymen, saying it was for BN to remain in power.
He claimed that Johor BN was afraid of losing the people’s support, especially in the urban areas of the state.
“There are seven state constituencies in Johor with more than 100,000 voters where the state government should have carried out an electoral redelineation. “If the redelineation is done, the urban areas will immediately see an increase of voters who are largely in favour of PH,” he said. Aminolhuda pointed out that Johor is still a state strongly influenced by PH as the coalition has secured 14 parliamentary seats out of 26 in the state.
On May 7, the Johor state legislative assembly approved a constitutional amendment Bill on the appointment of five non-elected assemblymen. The Bill had received a two-thirds vote involving 40 out of 56 assemblymen, all of whom are from the government bloc.
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