COMMENT | The PKR election results are in. As expected, favoured Nurul Izzah Anwar secured a decisive win for the deputy president position, defeating Rafizi Ramli. Yet, the results point to serious challenges for the party and its leadership; power consolidation has come with costs that weaken the party ahead.

While PKR looks to be able to avoid a devastating split - as a result of the modest victories of a handful from the Rafizi camp - the campaign and questions about money politics will overshadow the party ahead. Unless PKR takes decisive steps, its leadership will face difficulties in strengthening the party moving forward, especially as it now faces important state elections in Sabah, Sarawak, and Malacca.

Let’s look at the results in more depth and their implications...