The redelineation proposed by the Election Commission (EC) could allow Barisan Nasional to keep federal power with just one in three votes based on current trends, researcher Datuk Dr Mohammad Redzuan Othman asserted today.
The deputy chairman of the Institut Darul Ehsan (IDE) think-tank also claimed that previous delineations had resulted in stronger performance by BN.
“Based on my calculation, a popular vote of 35 percent is already enough for BN to have enough seats in Parliament,” he said when revealing results from a recent IDE survey on voting patterns in Selangor.
Redzuan said the current trend showed Chinese support gradually returning to BN and the coalition securing stronger Malay backing. (more…)