Ong Kian Ming

comment Poll analyst Ong Kian Ming goes out on a limb to predict that PAS will win today’s crucial by-election in Kuala Terengganu with a landslide.

analysis Specific aspects of voting are compared in relation to results in March 2008 and the anticipated outcome in Saturday’s by-election. Who is expected to win and by what margin?

analysis Having failed to win power through defections, there is another path to power - one that is more legitimate and sustainable.

opinion Umno's unyielding Ketuanan Melayu stand may negatively affect the public image of Islam in Malaysia.

news analysis Given Obama’s diverse and colourful background, it is also not surprising that different Malaysians support Obama for different reasons.

opinion Six months after the March elections, how much have the BN parliamentarians responded to the call to set up their own blog sites? Not much, apparently.

analysis Anwar’s 67% share of the valid Malay vote in Permatang Pauh compares very favourably with Abdullah’s 66% share in Kepala Batas in the March general election.

analysis What would be the results if the parliamentary seats were allocated to the different states in proportion to the number of voters in each state?

analysis The premier has the 5 'R's' option in the wake of BN’s disastrous showing in the March 8 polls. He can Resign, be Replaced, use greater Repression, Remain or Reform.

analysis How did this happen? Why did no one, including myself, see this happening? How can we account for this massive swing towards the opposition?

analysis No, it’s not the opposition. The longer campaign period gives EC more time to collect postal ballots, many of which were unreturned in 2004.

analysis A cocktail of political factors has made the contest in Penang one to watch. The opposition is expected to do better this time but which seats could fall on March 8?

PKR is a much more suitable coalition partner for the DAP compared to PAS because of PKR's much more moderate stance on issues like the NEP and the Islamic state.

The secret to how the parties field candidates and decide electoral strategy could lie in the last poll results.

The Chinese-based party appears very concerned about its electoral chances in the upcoming general election - and it should.

If PKR is left to occupy the middle ground of Malaysian politics, its most prominent leader has to contest in a mixed urban seat.

The recent appalling treatment of Associate Professor Edmund Terence Gomez by the University of Malaya (UM) has repercussions far beyond the parochial imagination of the university's administrators ...