PKR president Anwar Ibrahim said he does not believe there was a race element in the Tanjung Piai by-election results as there was not only a swing from Chinese voters, but also from Malay voters.

"There is a swing in Chinese voters and there is also a swing in the Malay voters too, so I don't believe there is a race card.

"I think we need to truly understand the frustrations of our people, Malays, Chinese and Indians...