Research firm: BN may pull upset win in Semenyih, Najib’s ‘Bossku’ campaign helping
Ilham Centre said Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 'Bossku' campaign has also caught the attention of the Semenyih locals, with his own campaign there indirectly adding value to BN and could also be said to be “significant” in helping the coalition. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
“PH now needs a magic formula, namely the percentage of voter turnout and the maintaining of voter support levels as in the past 14th general election. It pointed out that this segment of Malay voters in Semenyih’s urban and semi-urban areas had enabled PH’s win of the Selangor state seat last May, noting that their “swing” towards PH then was due to their rejection of Najib and the then BN government’s weaknesses.
“As the opposition, BN’s attacks are focused on raising the failure of the PH government in fulfilling the promises in their manifesto. The elements of religion and race completes the recipe to restore Malay voter support that shifted in the last general election,” it said. “In Semenyih, PH does not have a central command that arranges the pattern for placing of campaign machinery, narratives for issues to be brought and to refute attacks from rivals.
As for PH’s candidate Aiman Zainali, Ilham Centre said its survey showed that he was only accepted by 34.4 per cent of those polled, which it noted showed he was not able to convince them.
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