Kebangkitan Perikatan Nasional Melalui Sokongan Pengundi Melayu Dalam Pilihan Raya DUN Negeri Sembilan Ke-15 (The Rise of The National Alliance Through The Support of Malay Voters in The 15Th State Negeri Sembilan General Election)

Abstract

Pilihan Raya Negeri (PRN) Ke-15 Negeri Sembilan menyaksikan kebangkitan Perikatan Nasional (PN) apabila berjaya memenangi lima kerusi DUN daripada 36 kerusi DUN yang dipertandingkan. PN menang di kawasan DUN Labu, Paroi, Bagan Pinang, Gemas dan Serting. Kemenangan bermakna lima DUN ini telah menimbulkan pelbagai persoalan dan perhatian untuk diselidiki duduk sebenar jalan ceritanya. Lantaran itu, artikel ini cuba menyelami situasi disebalik keputusan luar jangkaan lima kawasan DUN yang dimenangi PN tersebut sebagai kawasan kajian. Penyelidik meletakkan tiga keutamaan sebagai objektif penulisan. Pertamanya, penyelidik akan menyoroti keputusan pilihan raya bagi lima kawasan tersebut sejak bermulanya pilihan raya bermula 1959. Kedua, mengenal pasti prestasi dan pola pengundian parti politik yang menang di kawasan tersebut pada PRN-15. Ketiga, penyelidik akan cuba menghuraikan isu dan faktor berlakunya perubahan tingkah laku pengundi lima kawasan tersebut yang beralih sokongan kepada PN. Penulisan ini menggunakan sumber sekunder daripada laporan SPR, buku, jurnal, makalah, laman sesawang dan akhbar atas talian sebagai data kajian. Secara kuantitatif, PN menguasai 53.94 peratus undi berbanding gabungan PH/BN yang memperoleh 42.45 peratus, sekali gus mencerminkan kecenderungan pengundi Melayu yang lebih memihak kepada PN. Dari sudut kualitatif, pengundi BN khususnya UMNO masih berasa ragu dan keliru terhadap kerjasama tersebut, terutama kerana penglibatan DAP, manakala sebahagian penyokong PH pula kekal skeptikal terhadap BN yang sering dikaitkan dengan isu rasuah dan kelemahan tadbir urus. Secara keseluruhan, artikel ini memberikan gambaran baharu tentang hala tuju dan tingkah laku politik orang Melayu di Negeri Sembilan serta memperkayakan pemahaman terhadap dinamika politik negeri tersebut.

Abstract: The 15th State Election (PRN) of Negeri Sembilan witnessed the rise of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) when it successfully won five state assembly seats out of the 36 state assembly seats contested. PN won in the Labu, Paroi, Bagan Pinang, Gemas and Serting state assembly constituencies. The victory meant that these five state assemblies had raised a various questions and attention to be investigated to find out the true story. Therefore, this article attempts to delve into the situation behind the unexpected results of the five state assembly constituencies won by PN as the study area. The researcher has set three priorities as the study objectives. First, the researcher will highlight the election results for the five constituencies since the start of the election in 1959. Second, identify the performance and voting patterns of the political parties that won in the constituencies in the PRN-15. Third, the researcher will try to explain the issues and factors that led to changes in the behavior of voters in the five constituencies who switched support to PN. This writing uses secondary sources from EC reports, books, journals, articles, websites and online newspapers as research data. Quantitatively, PN controlled 53.94 percent of the votes compared to the PH/BN coalition which obtained 42.45 percent, thus reflecting the tendency of Malay voters to favor PN. From a qualitative perspective, BN voters, especially UMNO, still feel doubtful and confused about the collaboration, especially because of the involvement of DAP, while some PH supporters remain skeptical of BN which is often associated with corruption issues and weak governance. Overall, this article provides a new picture of the direction and political behavior of the Malays in Negeri Sembilan as well as enriching the understanding of the political dynamics of the state.