He feels he may be able to pull off a surprise win against the caretaker Kedah menteri besar if Pakatan Harapan supporters vote for him.

BN and PAS have been taking turns to represent the Malay-majority seat since 2004. In the 2018 general election, Sanusi won the seat with a 2,455-vote majority after garnering 10,626 votes against BN’s Mahadzir Abdul Hamid (8,171) and PH’s Nazri Abu Hassan (4,146).

“If PH can retain about 3,000 votes, or better still, secure more (than 3,000 votes), a victory is not impossible,” Khizri told FMT.

He, however, said Sanusi had better social media presence compared to that of his party, Umno.

“Some of my branch leaders don’t even know how to ‘like’ a social media post,” lamented Khizri, a division leader.

It also does not help that Perikatan Nasional, of which PAS is a component, had won the Sik parliamentary seat in the last general election (GE15) with a 21,787-vote majority.

While such statistics may dampen one’s spirit, Khizri is not about to throw in the towel.

“I may be looking at a loss, but anything is possible with today’s politics,” he said.