By Jonathan Kent BBC, Kuala Lumpur

With campaigning ahead of Malaysia's general election moving into its final two days, the country's prime minister is promising to bring development to opposition-held states if they back him.

Mr Abdullah is trying to win ethnic Malay support

Abdullah Badawi has set himself the target of reclaiming the state of Terengganu from the conservative Islamic party Pas that his ruling coalition lost in 1999.

With the National Front coalition virtually certain to be returned with a large majority, Malaysians will be looking to the manner of its victory.

The prime minister's Umno party, which leads the coalition, paints itself as the champion of the ethnic Malay community.

But at the last election, most Malays voted for the opposition. Abdullah Badawi needs to win them back.

He has promised voters in the Malay-dominated state of Terengganu that they will see changes like never before if they support him.

Mr Abdullah's predecessor, Doctor Mahathir Mohamad, took away revenues the state earned from local oil production after it defected to the Islamist party Pas in 1999.

The region has since struggled economically.

Mr Abdullah has appointed himself to lead his coalition's campaign in the state and if it fails to return to the National Front fold on Sunday, the result will reflect on him.