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These Ads Prove That GE14 Is A Do-Or-Die Battle For Every Political Party

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As the 14th General Election (GE14) looms, the battle for votes between political parties are tougher than ever

We've been seeing flags, banners, billboard advertisements, and so much more in the weeks leading up to the big day on 9 May.

Political parties and their supporters have stepped up their game for GE14 by coming up with rather ingenious ways to attract voters.

Here's a collection of the advertisements, flags, and banners we've seen in the weeks leading up to GE14:

1. A sponsored video on YouTube, taking aim at Pakatan Harapan's manifesto, features scenes from the Titanic

2. A video about GST featuring Damansara candidate Tony Pua was sponsored on YouTube too

3. Banner on The Star promoting a website listing out government initiatives for Malaysian Indians

Image via The Star

4. Found on The Star as well

Image via The Star
Image via The Star

5. Spotted on Sin Chew Daily

"Together, we're giving you more."

Image via Sin Chew

6. Seen on Malaysiakini

Image via Malaysiakini

7. Advertisement of Rafizi Ramli found on Facebook Messenger

Image via Facebook

8. A PAS advertisement found on Free Malaysia Today

9. BN jumped on Waze for advertisements

Image via SAYS

10. Spotted on a RapidKL bus

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11. Billboards featuring caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak

Image via SAYS
Image via SAYS

12. This AirAsia plane caught on, too

13. In his bid for votes, this candidate calls himself "PJ Boy"

14. Spotted on Jalan Kelawei, Penang

Image via SAYS

15. A poster of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad "answering" to a poster of Najib found in Muar, Johor

Political parties aren't the only ones with the advertisements. Supporters have also come up with their own ways of attracting more voters to their parties!

1. Malaysian creativity at its best!

2. A crocodile statue covered with flags

3. Optimus Prime has joined the game

Image via Facebook
Image via Facebook

4. A PAS tank

BONUS: This man isn't campaigning for any political party, but he spent eight hours creating this sand sculpture to encourage Malaysians to vote tomorrow, 9 May

Found in Batu Ferringhi, Penang.

Image via Bernama

Have you seen any other ways of attracting voters this GE14? Let us know in the comments below.

Head over to the SAYS GE14 live website on polling day for verified, real-time results and updates!

Image via SAYS

Here are five random GE14 things we've seen as well:

Last week, a photo of caretaker Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak "holding" two PKR flags went viral on social media:

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