TAPAH: Barisan Nasional failed to achieve its target of 18,000 votes in the Ayer Kuning by-election because of a low voter turnout, according to Perak BN chairman Saarani Mohamad.
Saarani, who had set the target, said that a turnout of at least 75% was needed to achieve the desired result.
“If voter turn out was 75%, that would mean that 24,000 people had come out to vote. If Perikatan Nasional retained the 6,000 votes (from the 2022 election) that would mean the remaining 18,000 would have gone to us,” he told reporters here tonight.