PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) has obtained a simple majority in the state election held yesterday to continue to lead Selangor, the Election Commission (EC) announced.

PH won 29 out of 56 state seats in Selangor as of 11.31pm, EC chairman Tan Sri Abdul Ghani Salleh announced in a media conference here.

"(PH) therefore has managed to obtain a majority of over 50 per cent of the total seats contested,” he said.

Selangor had a voter turnout of 65 per cent as of 4pm. PH formed the previous state government after winning 51 out of 56 seats contested during the 14th general election. — Bernama