Pakatan declares win in KKB, says result proves voters have rejected ‘agents of division’

Hajar Umira Md Zaki,Muhammad Yusry

11 May 2024 at 9:31 am·1-min read

HULU SELANGOR, May 11 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) has declared tonight that it has kept the Kuala Kubu Baru state seat ahead of the official result announcement.

The pact said that the result has shown that support for the unity government has increased.

"The decision of the people today is a signal that they don't want an agent of division to represent them," Selangor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said in a statement.

"Instead, the people want unity and solidarity as the basis to bring economic advancement in the state and country that would upgrade the status and quality of live for all."

Earlier as of 8.45pm, PH candidate Pang Sock Tao was shown to receive 14,000 votes compared to Perikatan Nasional's 10,135.

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