EC chairman Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah (right) and his vice-chairman Tan Sri Othman Mahmood in discussion during the press conference on the GE14 nomination. — Bernama file photo
PUTRAJAYA: The formation of the state governments of Perak, Kedah and Sabah which is still unclear following the results of the 14th general election in the three states will have to be decided by the political parties involved.
Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Tan Sri Othman Mahmood said the commission could only announce the number of seats won by each contesting party and could not decide which party was eligible to form the state government.
“It depends on the respective party to discuss. We cannot determine who should form the government,” he said in a media conference at Menara SPR here early this morning.
Earlier, he announced the results of 60 state seats for Sabah which saw Barisan Nasional (BN winning 29 seats, while PKR (two), DAP (six), Parti Warisan Sabah (21) and Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku , two seats.
In Kedah, in 36 of state seats contested, PKR won 18, PAS 15 and BN (three) while in Perak, PKR won 29 seats, BN 27 and PAS (three) out of 59 state seats.
PKR needed one more state seat to form a government with a simple majority in Perak and Kedah. – Bernama