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JOHOR BAHRU: The Pakatan Harapan coalition is setting its sights on winning up to 22 out of 26 federal seats in Johor for the upcoming Malaysia’s 15th General Election (GE15).

If this is achieved, it will be an improvement from the 2018 polls when the coalition won 18 parliamentary seats in the southern state and helped PH clinch a historic victory to defeat the Barisan Nasional (BN) and form the federal government.


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Thursday (Nov 3), Johor PH chairman Salahuddin Ayub said: “We do not just aim to retain 18 parliamentary seats from 2018, but we do have the potential of adding a few more as well.”

He added that Johor is a state that can make a big contribution to the total number of federal seats for PH to form the new government.

“We can even go to 21 or 22 seats, on top of the 18 that we won in the last GE,” added the former minister for agriculture and agro-based Industry under the previous PH government.

Salahuddin outlined that PH can meet its objective in GE15 by first strengthening its base in the southern belt of Johor.

He said that victories in the federal seats of Tanjung Piai, Iskandar Puteri, Pulai, Johor Bahru, Pasir Gudang, Tebrau must be attained convincingly, and the coalition must also look to break new ground in Pontian and Pengerang - two BN strongholds in the southern belt.

Look at Pengerang and Pontian. These areas are an advantage to PH because of our track record and grassroots there,” said Mr Salahuddin, who is also deputy president of Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah). 

Pakatan Harapan comprises the Democratic Action Party (DAP), Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) and Amanah.

PH has also formed an electoral pact with the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) for the upcoming polls.