JOHOR BARU, June 18 — Seat allocation negotiations between Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Barisan Nasional (BN) for the upcoming state elections are almost done except for nine seats yet be settled.

Umno secretary-general Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said talks at the BN-PH Negotiation Committee, were, in fact, completed.

This development, he said, puts to rest claims by certain quarters that the Unity government was not stable and so on.

"We are at the last stage where the matter is to be finalised at the presidential level. Of the 245 state seats to be contested, we only have nine with overlapping claims.

"Meaning, percentage-wise, 99.7 per cent of the seats have been finalised and I can say that (negotiations) went on very smoothly and harmoniously,” he told reporters after a walkabout at the MARA Educational Institution carnival here today.

The six states facing elections soon are Kedah, Penang, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu and Kelantan.

Asyraf Wajdi, who is also Unity Government secretariat head, said the overlapping claims to the nine seats, involving all six states, will be finalised by the top leadership. — Bernama