GE16 Voter-Preference Study · Semenanjung Malaysia

Where the
Parties Stand

An alignment tracker mapping four political blocs against the ten subsidy, energy, labour and care policies tested in our voter survey. Tap any cell for the reasoning and the sources behind it.

Blocs  Pakatan Harapan · Barisan Nasional · Bersama · Perikatan Nasional Compiled  3 June 2026
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The headline finding

The structure of this tracker turns on one irony: Bersama is the architect of the very reforms the government now implements and the opposition attacks. As Economy Minister until June 2025, Rafizi Ramli built the PADU targeting database, led diesel rationalisation, and authored the Progressive Wage Policy before resigning and launching Bersama in May 2026.

On substance, Bersama and Pakatan Harapan largely overlap. Bersama differentiates on governance and execution — not on the instruments themselves.

Pakatan Harapan owns the targeting-and-redistribution model end to end. Barisan Nasional co-governs but is the most internally conflicted, since the subsidy cuts fall on its rural Malay base. Perikatan Nasional is the clear policy outlier — backing subsidy in principle while opposing the rationalisation's timing and execution.

Sources & methodology

Positions are an interpretive synthesis of public statements, ministerial records and coalition platforms as of June 2026. They are not official party manifestos and will shift as GE16 nears. Each cell links to the reporting behind it; the full source list is below.