Kian Ming sees BN-PN winning more than 20 Melaka seats

Kian Ming sees BN-PN winning more than 20 Melaka seats

Yesterday

FMT Reporters

Pakatan Harapan is likely to secure three to four seats at the Melaka state assembly, says the former DAP man.

Barisan Nasional and Perikatan Nasional have a no-compete arrangement for the Melaka election tomorrow and are opposed by Pakatan Harapan.

PETALING JAYA:

Former DAP MP Ong Kian Ming, who accurately predicted the electoral outcome of the Johor and Negeri Sembilan elections, expects Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) to win more than 20 seats in the Melaka election tomorrow.

They could secure between 24 and 25 of the 28 seats, while Pakatan Harapan (PH) is “likely to secure three to four seats”, according to the former DAP central committee member, who was speaking on the Keluar Sekejap podcast.

Ong Kian Ming.

Ong also predicted that Bersatu would lose two seats.

The Ilham Centre think tank said this evening that BN and PN were ahead of their opponents in 24 of the 28 Melaka seats.

Earlier today, Ong said he felt that Melaka PH chairman Adly Zahari may lose in Bukit Katil, which he represented for two terms, following what Ong called a lacklustre PH election campaign.

Ong predicted that Adly, an Amanah vice-president and former chief minister, would be defeated by PAS candidate Ridzuan Sarif in a seat where 68% of voters are Malays.

He said the fortnight of campaigning by PH and BN had not changed his belief that BN would dominate tomorrow’s election.

In July, Ong predicted that BN and PN would jointly take control of the Negeri Sembilan government, winning between 23-25 of the 36 state seats in the Aug 1 election. BN went on to win 18 seats, while PN secured seven.

He had also predicted that BN would win by a landslide at the Johor polls in July. BN, which contested solo in Johor, won 48 out of the 56 seats.

Chinese voter support

Ong said Chinese voters unhappy with established political parties might start looking at alternatives such as Muda or Bersama. “The question is whether this indicates that Chinese voters are beginning to shift their support. They may no longer be willing to support BN or MCA,” he said.

However, Muda secretary-general Ainie Haziqah Shafii said that in the Johor election she had expected Chinese voters unhappy with PH to consider supporting Muda or Bersama, but some had instead turned to BN. “Muda and Bersama must reflect on why these voters chose BN,” she said.