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Article: Barisan Nasional holds on to seven states
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- March 9, 2008
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New Straits Times
03-09-2008
Barisan Nasional holds on to seven states
Edition: New Sunday Times
Section: Main Section
KUALA LUMPUR: It was a day of shocks for Barisan Nasional as some of its big guns tumbled in the general election.
Though it had managed to secure a simple majority in parliament, the loose opposition alliance of the DAP, Pas and PKR managed to take control of Penang, Kedah, Selangor, Perak and retained Kelantan comfortably.
MIC president Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu, Gerakan acting president and outgoing Penang chief minister Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon and Wanita Umno deputy head Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil were among the main casualties for BN.
Samy Vellu lost the Sungai ...