State polls: Green wave makes big inroads into Selangor

Dr Afif Bahardin from Bersatu (left) being congratulated by Ahmad Akhir Pawan Chik from PKR after winning by only 30 votes in Selangor’s Taman Medan seat.

IT WAS dubbed the green wave – a groundswell of political support for Perikatan Nasional that took the country by storm in the 15th General Election last year.

On Saturday, it reached Selangor, denying the Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional pact its two-thirds majority in the polls, but not enough to capture the state.