PKR struggles in Gurun match against PN footballer as BN voters flip

STATE POLLS | In 2018, PKR veteran Johari Abdul wrested the Gurun seat from BN in a four-cornered fight with 47.3 percent of the total votes.

Now, the party is fielding Johari’s son Firdaus who is banking on BN support and the track record of his father - who is now the Dewan Rakyat speaker - to keep the seat.

His opponent, Perikatan Nasional’s Baddrol Bakhtiar, is a football player who is also counting on the support of Kedah caretaker menteri besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor in his quest to win the seat.

In GE15, 48 percent of voters in Gurun cast their ballots for PN, followed by 35 percent from Pakatan Harapan and 18 percent of BN voters.

On paper, if all BN voters that voted in GE15 voted for Harapan in the state elections, Firdaus would win the seat with a simple majority.

However, the reality may not reflect this...