COMMENT | As expected, Umno won the Ayer Kuning seat. It gained an increased majority of 5,006 or 27 percent of votes compared to 2,213 votes or nine percent in the 2022 contest.

When the results were announced, there were all smiles, but a closer look at the voting suggests that there are signs for all parties that all is not as well as it seems.

In fact, the findings suggest that there are not-to-be-ignored yellow warning lights.

Before analysing the polling station results, it is important to appreciate that this election is not one for the record books. It was a lacklustre by-election campaign that did not meaningfully deliver goodies to a struggling constituency.