Unpredictable times in Kedah


DATUK Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah started out confident that he could secure a two-thirds majority in Kedah for Barisan Nasional.

But an election campaign can be quite unpredictable and so much has changed in the last week. The Kedah Mentri Besar’s team has scaled down its seat count to somewhere slightly more than its 2013 win – 21 out of 36 state seats.

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