BN lost Selangor to the federal opposition because of “emotional” urban voters, according to Umno Kelana Jaya chief Yusoff Haniff.

He said Umno and BN elected representatives have provided good service to voters, but urbanites - who he said make up 92 percent of Selangor voters - can be overcome by emotions.

“We in the city can sometimes get emotional […] That’s why in the past two elections, it is not because BN or Umno representatives did not provide service (that BN lost to the opposition).

“We have provided good service, but because emotions prevailed over cooler heads, we were thrown out without any concrete reason,” Yusoff said when closing the Kelana Jaya Umno divisional meeting today...