Hung Parliament election results in political turmoil

Malaysia tumbled into fresh political turmoil Sunday after a tightly contested general election delivered a Parliament with no clear winner and a surprising surge of support for an Islamist party.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s reformist alliance secured the biggest gain with 82 out of 220 Parliamentary seats, but fell far short of a majority. Trailing close behind was former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s Malaybased Perikatan Nasional, or National Alliance with 73 seats.