Pakatan Harapan agrees on Penang seat allocation

GEORGE TOWN: DAP will keep its status quo on all the seat it won in the last general election.
The announcement was made by Pakatan Harapan head of secretariat Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah during ceramah at the Pakatan Harapan (PH) 10th year anniversary celebration at The Esplanade.
PKR, who won 10 of the 16 seats it contested in GE13, will contest in 14 seats and give up two state seats it contested in the last general election to Bersatu and Amanah.
Bersatu the youngest member in the coalition will contest in the Malay bastion of Penaga, Bertam, Permatang Berangan on the mainland, and Teluk Bahang on the island.
Teluk Bahang was previously contested by PKR, while Penaga and Permatang Berangan were contested by PAS and Amanah had it its own coordinator after PAS quit from Pakatan Rakyat in 2015.
Amanah will contest three state seats , after it willingly give up seats of Permatang Berangan and Penaga to Bersatu.
It was reported that the state coalition failed to reach consensus for several state seats that they intends to contest due to overlapping claims by various parties in the pact.
The parties however agreed to leave it to the Pakatan leadership council to decide on the state seat allocation.
Below are the seats allocation announced by Saifuddin:-
DAP 19 seat
1. Sungai Puyu
2. Bagan Jermal
3. Bagan Dalam
4. Berapit
5. Prai
6. Jawi
7. Tanjung Bunga
8. Ayer Puteh
9. Pulau Tikus
10. Pengkalan Kota
11. Komtar
12. Datuk Keramat
13 . Padang Kota
14. Sg Pinang
15. Batu Lanchang
16.Seri Delima
17. Ayer Itam
18. Paya Terubong
19. Padang Lalang
PKR 14 seats
1. Pinang Tunggal
2. Teluk Ayer Tawar
3. Seberang Jaya
4. Machang Bubok
5. Bukit Tengah
6. Bukit Tambun
7. Sungai Bakap
8. Sungai Acheh
9. Kebun Bunga
10. Batu Uban
11. Pantai Jerjak
12.Batu Maung
13.Pulau Betong
14. Penanti
Bersatu 4 seats
1. Penaga
2. Bertam
3. Telok Bahang
4. Permatang Berangan
Amanah 3 seats
1. Sungai Dua
2. Permatang Pasir
3. Bayan Lepas