A survey conducted by a Selangor government think tank has found that while opposition parties have higher approval ratings at present, BN's ratings can increase by up to 15 percent during the election season.

Institute Darul Ehsan (IDE) deputy chairperson Mohammad Redzuan Othman said this was due to BN's various strategies during the election period.

These strategies, he noted, included "administrative changes" by the Election Commission, the media and money politics.

"For Pakatan Harapan, the increase during the election season is only five percent at most," Mohammad Redzuan added during a presentation of the survey results in Shah Alam today.

The survey was conducted throughout Selangor from Aug 26 to 30, via face-to-face interviews with a representative sample of the state population.

In a one-on-one fight, the survey found BN would most likely lose against any opposition party it would go up against, with DAP, likely to win with the lowest majority of 51 percent of the votes while PKR, with the highest majority, could possibly garner 63 percent of the votes.

Mohammad Redzuan also refuted claims that the rakyat are feeling political fatigue, pointing out that the survey found 78 percent of the respondents were excited to vote in the next general election, with only 22 percent uninterested.

Based on past trends, he also found that every time a redelineation was done, BN would win by a landslide the following election, as seen in the 1974, 1986, 1995 and 2004 general elections.

"So one of the factors for BN's win is the Election Commission.

"The EC say they are neutral but when that is translated into real life, the results are different. This is why the rakyat starts questioning them," he said.

However, he also said that redrawing the electoral boundaries is not as easy as it used to be, as the people are more aware of what is happening now.

Dissemination of information is much better and faster now compared to the past, he said.

"This is why citizen concern is important," he said.

The EC had proposed a redelineation exercise on Sept 15, which the opposition had described as gerrymandering and meant to tip the balance in BN's favour in the next general election.

The Selangor government had also said it would take legal action against the redelineation proposal, after the EC failed to address its query on the constitutionality of the proposal.