SELANGOR Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said seat allocation negotiations between Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) for the upcoming state election in Selangor have been completed.“It is now in their (Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and Deputy PM Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s) hands,” Amirudin said to reporters today.Last week, Amirudin stated that seat allocation negotiations between PH and BN for state polls are expected to be completed after Hari Raya Aidiladha.Meanwhile, Bernama reported that BN is expected to contest 45% of the 245 state seats in the six state elections.The rest will be contested by PH. BN chairman Zahid said the decision was made based on the seats won by BN and PH in the last general election.“This is based on the existing seats. That’s why component parties in PH get more. “We will announce the statistics when everything is finalised,” Bernama reported Zahid as saying.The elections in six states involve 36 state constituencies in Kedah, Kelantan (45), Terengganu (32), Penang (40), Selangor (56) and Negri Sembilan (36). – July 2, 2023
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