The difficult areas are likely to be the Malay heartland states of Trengganu, Perlis and Kelantan.
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Pas more than tripled its seats in Parliament in the November polls and won the state government of resource-rich Trengganu as well as keeping Kelantan.
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Kedah is also, as one Barisan activist puts it, "one of the places where Pas can pose a threat, " along with the nearby Malay belt states of Kelantan (which is already ruled by Pas), Trengganu and Perlis.