Selangor Umno chief Megat Zulkarnain Omardin dismissed the comments from his predecessor Noh Omar and former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin, saying that no one can accurately predict the chances of a party because every election has different sentiments and dynamics.

Megat Zulkarnain, who is also the Gombak Umno chief, gave the example of BN’s ability to win in seven by-elections as well as achieve landslide victories in the Johor and Melaka state polls after losing in the 14th general election (GE14) in 2018.

“Then in the 15th general election (GE15) we were unsuccessful. That shows no one can predict what will happen in any election because the polls are very dynamic,” he told FMT.

On Feb 6, Noh and Khairy claimed that the chances of a candidate from Umno winning even one seat in the state election were slim following the “green wave” of Perikatan Nasional (PN) in GE15 which saw Umno fail to win a parliamentary seat in Selangor.

Noh and Khairy were sacked by Umno on Jan 27 for breaching party discipline during GE15.

Megat Zulkarnain says Umno will remain the “underdog” in Selangor, having won only four seats in the last state polls.

In GE14, BN won four seats – Sungai Tawar (Rizam Ismail), Sungai Burong (Shamsudin Lias), Hulu Bernam (Rosni Sohar) and Sungai Panjang (Imran Tamrin).

BN won a fifth seat in the Selangor state assembly when it won the Semenyih by-election on March 2, 2019.