Muhyiddin confident PN can win 'nearly 20' seats in Penang state polls

Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin expressed confidence that the coalition can win "nearly 20" state seats to garner a simple majority in the 40-seat Penang state legislative assembly.

"We need only 21 (seats) to do this. Now, it's almost 20.

"So, if we want to win, we just need a bit more effort. Just one more percent of your power," Free Malaysia Today reported the Bersatu president saying at the PN convention at the state Gerakan headquarters in George Town today.

Commenting further, Muhyiddin said PN’s win at the upcoming six-state elections could ease the coalition’s takeover of the federal government.

In the 14th general election, Bersatu, then a part of Pakatan Harapan, won four state seats in Penang: Bertam, Seberang Jaya, Sungai Acheh, and Teluk Bahang.

All four assemblypersons later lost their seats under the state anti-hopping law, which remains vacant.

After the political realignment in 2020, which saw Bersatu working with PAS under PN, the coalition now only has one state seat in Penang - Penaga held by the Islamist party.

At the same event, state PN Youth chief Zuzalee Ariffin claimed that 55 percent of the Malays in Penang backed the coalition, while only 28 percent and 15 percent backed BN and Harapan, respectively.

He further claimed that since the majority of Chinese and Indians in the state-supported Harapan, PN has to work harder to cause a vote swing in their favour.

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