These include Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), the ruling coalition in the East Malaysian state; Warisan, which has expanded its wings to Peninsular Malaysia; Perikatan Nasional (PN); Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and the newly formed Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA).

Loke said PN, through PAS and GRS, could control Kelantan and Sabah respectively.

“There will be no clear winner come GE15,” he said, agreeing with news reports that the next nationwide polls would be very competitive.

Loke said this in his weekly online talk “Anthony Jawab Jujur” tonight.

He said unlike before, Barisan Nasional (BN) was no longer the dominant coalition in Malaysian politics.

Neither could it count on Sabah and Sarawak as its “fixed deposits”, in reference to the two states being a BN stronghold in the past.

GPS, in particular, is wiser now, Loke said, as the coalition has declared that it will only work with the victor and then specifying conditions for such political cooperation.

“So, BN can’t count on GPS anymore (to help form the federal government).”