SELANGOR Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari is confident the Pakatan Harapan (PH)-Barisan Nasional (BN) alliance can win by a two-thirds majority and go on to form the state government after the state polls on Saturday (August 12).

He said PH-BN can win at least 38-40 seats from the total of 56 state legislative assembly seats contested, with BN seen as capable of winning more than six constituencies.

He said this after PH held a ceramah in Taman Sekinchan Damai in Sekinchan tonight.

Before the state assembly dissolution, PH held 40 seats (PKR-19, DAP-15, Amanah-six), BN (five), Bersatu (four), Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) (two) while PAS, Pejuang and Warisan held one seat each. One other seat was held by an independent assemblyman.

The Batang Kali seat was declared vacant after its assemblyman was absent from the state assembly for over six months.

The Election Commission (EC) has set August 12 as the polling date for the state elections in Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Terengganu and Kelantan and the Kuala Terengganu by-election. – Bernama, August 8, 2023.