Sabah PN ‘too ambitious’ with 18-seat target, says analyst

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PN might win three or four seats “if they are lucky” in a political environment now vastly different from 2020, according to James Chin.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/01/20/sabah-pn-too-ambitious-with-18-seat-target-says-analyst/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/01/20/sasar-18-kerusi-pn-sabah-terlalu-cita-cita-tinggi-kata-penganalisis/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #PerikatanNasional #GRS #Sabah

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00:00Perikatan Nasional has set too ambitious a target with its goal of contesting 18 seats

00:07at the Sabah State Assembly elections this year, says political analyst James Chin.

00:13He said the elections of 2020, when Bersatu won 11 of 18 seats contested, could not be

00:19used as the benchmark as the political environment in Sabah was vastly different then.

00:26I personally think that 18 seats is a bit too much.

00:30I think most people will say that Bersatu is a spent force in Sabah, and those winnable

00:36candidates, most of them have actually moved on to GRS or to the other political parties

00:42already.

00:43So, the 18 seats that they're hoping for, if they're lucky, they may win between three

00:49and four.

00:50There is no way they're going to win the 11 again, it's just impossible in Sabah.

00:56Last week, PN Deputy Chairman Hamzah Zainuddin said the coalition was aiming to contest

01:01at least 18 of the 73 state assembly seats in the coming elections.

01:07Another analyst, Romzi Atiung of University Malaysia Sabah, said PN must work with Sabah

01:12parties for the polls while focusing on local issues, rather than national topics to appeal

01:18to Sabahans.

01:20He said that PN must carefully consider the local sentiments, especially when it comes

01:25to slogans and candidates.

01:27However, Chin said almost every party was holding discussions with one another on forming

01:33electoral alliances because no one party would have sufficient support to form the state

01:39government on its own.

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