PORT DICKSON – Pakatan Harapan (PH) is optimistic that it will be able to defend all five of its parliamentary seats in Negri Sembilan as the general election looms.
This confidence stems from what Negri Sembilan PH chairman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun termed as “positive developments” in the election campaign so far.
Aminuddin, who is Negri Sembilan menteri besar and also PH’s candidate for the Port Dickson parliamentary seat, said the coalition was also confident of capturing two more parliamentary seats through systemic machinery mobilisation efforts and the support of the people.
“Alhamdulillah, we are seeing increased support and I hope it stays that way until polling day. We will continue with our campaign efforts despite the (readings from the ground) and I will also keep meeting voters in the hope they will back PH.
“I have also gone to Rembau, Kuala Pilah, Tampin, and Seremban. I feel we can defend the five seats we hold now and try to capture another two. We are seeing increased support from day to day,” he told reporters after observing the early voting process at the Segenting army camp here.
In the 2018 national polls, PH won five of the eight parliamentary seats in Negri Sembilan, namely Seremban, Rasah, Port Dickson, Tampin, and Kuala Pilah (before Bersatu exited the coalition). It also went on to win 20 state seats to form the state government.
However, Barisan Nasional (BN) deputy chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, in the run-up to the polls, had also expressed confidence that BN would be able to wrest Tampin and Kuala Pilah, besides capturing Port Dickson.
Polling is this Saturday. – Bernama, November 15, 2022
