11-20-2022, 07:29 AM
GE15: Perikatan makes major inroads in polls
![[Image: 07112022_-_Bendera_Perikatan_Nasional_PN...TIF_01.JPG]](https://media.thevibes.com/images/uploads/covers/_large/07112022_-_Bendera_Perikatan_Nasional_PN_flag_logo_-_ABDUL_RAZAK_LATIF_01.JPG){kind=logo}
KUALA LUMPUR – Despite its lead party Bersatu losing members and MPs, Perikatan Nasional (PN) has made stunning inroads into Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) strongholds in the 15th general election.
With a current tally of 73 federal seats according to Bernama’s count, PN is neck and neck with PH, which currently has 78 seats. There are 222 parliamentary seats.
PN, with key components such as Bersatu and PAS, has swept all three parliamentary seats in Perlis, and with sizeable majorities. PN has likely been helped here by Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s decision to axe veteran incumbents as candidates.
In Arau, where ex-Umno warlord Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim contested on a PN ticket, his majority is 23,216. PN’s majorities in Padang Besar is 12,514 and in Kangar, 9,192.
At the state level, PN has also taken 14 state seats in Perlis, leaving just one – Indera Kayangan – to PH.
- More -
With a current tally of 73 federal seats according to Bernama’s count, PN is neck and neck with PH, which currently has 78 seats. There are 222 parliamentary seats.
PN, with key components such as Bersatu and PAS, has swept all three parliamentary seats in Perlis, and with sizeable majorities. PN has likely been helped here by Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s decision to axe veteran incumbents as candidates.
In Arau, where ex-Umno warlord Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim contested on a PN ticket, his majority is 23,216. PN’s majorities in Padang Besar is 12,514 and in Kangar, 9,192.
At the state level, PN has also taken 14 state seats in Perlis, leaving just one – Indera Kayangan – to PH.
- More -