GE14: Pakatan Harapan settles seat negotiations for Penang

02-Mar-2018, 11:48

02 Mar 2018, 11:48

The DAP and PKR will defend the seats they hold while most of the mainland seats will be contested by PKR, Amanah and PPBM, say sources.

GEORGE TOWN: The tussle for seats among Pakatan Harapan component parties in Penang has subsided, and they have concluded their seat negotiations.

However, the final word will come when the PH presidential council meets next Tuesday.

Sources said PKR, Amanah and PPBM were getting most of the Malay-majority seats in mainland Seberang Perai as well as Balik Pulau on the west coast of Penang island.

The status quo would remain with regards to the non-Malay majority seats in Penang, with DAP and PKR defending the seats they won in the last general election, they said.

At the parliamentary level, DAP holds seven seats while PKR and Barisan Nasional (BN) have three seats each.

At the state assembly, the DAP holds 19 seats, PKR 10, BN 10 and PAS one.

There are slightly over 850,000 registered voters in Penang, based on numbers from the last general election in 2013.