Hulu Selangor: Najib has nothing to celebrate

While we are sad to lose the seat, we are glad that we have been able to make considerable headway amongst the voters. We take that as a sign that our policies and programmes, even after a mere two years, have brought benefits to the people.

In 2008, we lost all three state seats by a collective majority of 6,000 votes, and we won the parliamentary seat by a wafer-thin margin -- for reasons that everyone knows.

We are therefore heartened that despite the mud-slinging at our candidate, the unashamed vote buying, the presence of all of the BN's top guns, including the Prime Minister himself, the media spins and the absence of the specific factors that won us the parliamentary seat the last time, we were able to make significant advances amongst the voters, especially those in the Felda settlements, and to make a mockery of proud boasts by the BN that they would win with a majority of over 3,000.

In reality, the BN only won with a majority of around 1,700 votes: 600 of the majority came from postal votes. Najib has nothing to celebrate.

Our candidate will keep to his pledge to continue to work for all the people of Hulu Selangor. Pakatan Rakyat will continue to work for all the people. The Pakatan Rakyat Government of Selangor will continue to carry through its pro-people policies and programmes.

--- Dr Syed Husin Ali, Deputy President, Parti Keadilan Rakyat