Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein left Permatang Pauh on Friday in a better mood than when he arrived.

He had been up till 2am the night before, going on his rounds in this controversial constituency.

Permatang Pauh has been a PKR seat since 1999 and Umno is quite desperate to get it back. Permatang Pauh has been the black dot in what is otherwise an Umno-controlled Seberang Prai.

Hishammuddin, according to Penang Umno Youth chief Datuk Salim Bari, is convinced that the mood this time around is different.

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