Umno remains the pillar of strength for Barisan Nasional (BN) as the party contributed the most seats to the ruling coalition in the 13th general election.

Out of the 133 parliamentary seats won by BN, Umno contributed 88. It contested 120 seats this time.

As for state seats nationwide, Umno won 242 seats out of 338 contested compared to 239 out of 338 seats it contested previously.

Umno president Najib Abdul Razak obtained a bigger majority this time, defending Pekan by defeating PKR candidate Mohd

Fariz Musa by 35,613 votes.

In the last general election, Najib defeated PKR's Khairul Anuar Ahmad Zainuddin with a 26,464-vote majority.

Umno deputy president Muhyiddin Yassin also retained his Pagoh parliamentary seat after defeating Mohd Rozali Jamil from PAS with a 12,842-vote majority.

In 2008, Muhyiddin defeated Mohd Rozali with a majority of 12,581 votes.

As for the hot seats, Umno only won the Arau parliamentary seat when Shahidan Kassim beat PAS strongman Haron Din with a majority of 1,371 votes.

Setback in T'ganu and S'gor

Umno secretary-general Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor managed to retain the Putrajaya parliamentary seat three times in a row after defeating PAS vice-president Husam Musa with a 5,541-vote majority.

Idris Haron easily won the Sungai Udang state seat in Malacca, defeating PKR's Asri Buang with a majority of 9,136 votes.

In Kedah, Umno won 19 of the 28 state seats it contested, thus wresting back the state from PAS. In the 2008 general election, it won only 12 seats out of the same number it contested.

Besides that, Umno won 10 of the 13 parliamentary seats it contested in Kedah this time.

The Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur saw Umno winning back the Titiwangsa seat while retaining Setiawangsa.

Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan and Sabah are still Umno's strongholds as it won most of the parliamentary and state seats it contested in these states.

Although Umno failed to win Kelantan, Penang and Selangor for BN, its performance improved except in Selangor where it only won four parliamentary seats, same as in GE12, and only 12 state seats compared to 20 in GE12.

- Bernama