Which parties faced off in the narrowest Johor election contests?

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The narrowest Johor election contests featured Pakatan Harapan versus Barisan Nasional in Bukit Batu, with two other parties also in the race.

The tightest margin in the 2022 Johor state election was in Bukit Batu, where Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Arthur Chiong Sen Sern defeated Barisan Nasional (BN) by 137 votes. That four-cornered contest also included Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan).
Bukit Batu was decided by a 137-vote PH vs BN contest with PN and Warisan also running
In Bukit Batu, PH’s Arthur Chiong Sen Sern won with 10,302 votes and BN finished second with 9,302 votes, a gap of 137. PN received 3,989 votes and Warisan polled 1,349 votes in the same four-cornered fight.
The other sub-1,000-vote seats still involved BN facing multiple opponents
Several other close contests involved BN against different combinations of parties, including PH, PN, and Pejuang. Examples include Bukit Pasir, where BN beat PN by 198 votes, and Tangkak, where PH beat BN by 372 votes.
Close contests under 1,000 votes included BN vs DAP, BN vs PN, and BN vs Bersatu-linked candidates
In Tangkak, DAP (under PH) Ee Chin Li defeated BN by 372 votes in a five-cornered contest that also included PN, Pejuang, and an independent. In Bukit Kepong, PN’s Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal won by 710 votes over BN in a four-cornered contest that also included Pejuang and Muda.
The closest pairings varied by seat, but BN appeared in all seven tight races
Across the seven seats decided by fewer than 1,000 votes, BN was a participant in every contest, even when it did not win. The pairings ranged from PH vs BN in Bukit Batu (137 votes) to BN vs PH in Parit Yaani (294 votes) and BN vs PN in Bukit Pasir (198 votes).

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