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Non-Malay votes remain solid with PKR in Gombak
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Amid talk that Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali might vacate his Gombak parliamentary seat in the forthcoming 14th general election, a straw poll around his constituency revealed that PKR still has solid support from non-Malay voters.

A visit around Gombak Setia, Batu Caves and Hulu Kelang by Malaysiakini yesterday also showed that many of the non-Malay voters would now vote against a PAS candidate after the party had broken ranks with the federal opposition pact.

In the 13th general election, Azmin defended his Gombak seat for the second-term while PAS, as a member of the Pakatan Rakyat pact then, clinched two out of three state seats - Gombak Setia and Hulu Kelang.

PKR's Aminuddin Saari rounded up the clean sweep after he won against an MIC candidate and an Independent candidate in Batu Caves.

For Low Sai Fatt, 64, his votes for the Gombak Setia and Gombak seats in the 13th general election were cast largely along partisan lines

"Now we have no choice," said Low who alluded to a repeat of the scenario in 2013, when PAS' Hasbullah Mohd Ridzuan had won the Gombak Setia seat in a straight fight against Umno's Said Anuar Said Ahmad, with a majority of 1,681 votes.

"We will have to look for the PKR candidate," said Low when he was told that the coming election could well see a three-cornered fight involving BN, PAS and PKR.

In terms of popular support for Azmin, Low noted that the menteri besar had been generally absent around the area and that there were still issues, such as crime and safety, which have been left unaddressed...

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