Pejuang president Mukhriz Mahathir has proposed that Perikatan Nasional and BN use incumbency as the basis for seat talks in the 16th general election.

Amid changing political alliances, the formula could give PN more bargaining room at the federal level, as BN contested most of the seats under their state election pact.

Mukhriz said GE16 seat negotiations had yet to begin, but he hoped the coalitions would carry over the give-and-take from the state polls.

“You (BN) take the state seats where you’re the incumbent. We (PN) take the parliamentary seats where we’re the incumbent, and we can share them with our other partners,” he told reporters after delivering his policy address at Pejuang’s fourth annual general assembly in Shah Alam today.