No clear signal in Cameron

Independent candidate Wong Seng Yee (second from left) holding hands with the other candidates for the Cameron Highlands by-election during the nomination at SMK Sultan Ahmad Shah on Saturday (jan12). Standing from left are independent candidate Sallehudin Ab Talib, Barisan Nasional’s Ramli Mohd Noor and Pakatan Harapan’s M. Manogaran.

UNLIKE the four by-elections after GE14 where the opposition was trounced, Barisan Nasional has a slight edge over Pakatan Harapan in Cameron Highlands.

The Sungai Kandis, Balakong and Seri Setia state seats and Port Dickson parliamentary seat are constituencies that PH had won in GE14. Cameron Highlands parliamentary seat is different. Barisan won it. The by-election also pits the might of the PH federal government against the Umno-led Pahang state government. The other by-elections were held in Selangor and Negri Sembilan where Pakatan rules.