PAS, which increased its hold on the north-eastern state of Kelantan and gained control of its neighbour Terengganu.

ECONOMIST: Malaysia

More significantly, it controls two states in the north-east, Terengganu, which it won in November, and Kelantan, where it has been in power since 1990.

ECONOMIST: Malaysia

PAS. It has long held power in the northern state of Kelantan but in the election it also won control of neighbouring oil-rich Terengganu.

ECONOMIST: But the government faces an anxious future