The Barisan Nasional (BN) treasurer-general said he is analysing the election results for both seats to understand voters’ sentiments.

“Even though it’s not easy, we must move forward. I don’t want to point fingers at anybody and I will also not blame the party,” he said in a Facebook post.

On Wednesday, Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) Azman Nasrudin claimed the Padang Serai seat with a 16,260-vote majority win against Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) Sofee Razak.

In Tioman, BN’s Johari Hussain won with a slim majority of 573 votes.

Hishammuddin pointed out the importance of understanding the dynamics of voters’ support, especially in deciding the future of the party.

He said this is particularly the case as the party relies on the support of its grassroots which have remained loyal to it.

The election for both the Padang Serai and Tioman seats was deferred following the death of PH candidate M Karupaiya and PN candidate Yunus Ramli, respectively.

Yesterday, PN chairman Muhyiddin Yassin said his coalition’s big win in Padang Serai and slim loss in Tioman were a positive sign that the people were still backing PN.

He said that compared with the results in GE14, BN’s majority in Tioman declined by almost half, whereas PN’s majority in Padang Serai doubled.