Selangor lineup no surprises, PKR-PSM deadlock continues

A three-cornered fight looms in the Semeyih, Selangor state seat in after PKR de facto leader Anwar Ibrahim announced its party candidate despite Parti Sosialis Malaysia’s (PSM) desire to contest there.

Serdang division chief Hamidi Haasan was named Semenyih candidate, opening up the possibility of facing PSM secretary-general S Arutchelvan (below) in addition to a BN candidate.

However Anwar has not announced the other seat in dispute with PSM, Kota Damansara presently held by PSM chairperson Nasir Hashim as negotiations are still in progress.

Elsewhere in the Selangor lineup there were few changes in the parliamentary and state seats, except for Kelana Jaya, Kapar parliamentary seats and Bukit Melawati state seat.

PKR Subang secretary Manivannan Gowin will contest Kapar while Wong Chen will replace Loh Gwo Burne in Kelana Jaya.

Kapar incumbent P Manikavasgam will shift to the Bukit Melawati state seat.

Meanwhile when contacted, Arutchelvan said Anwar had gone back on his promise to hold off the announcement on Semenyih until a solution with PSM was found.

“They don’t know who their allies and enemies are. And this would have a lot of impact in other seat (being negotiated) as well,” he told Malaysiakini.

Aziz Bari takes on Sabak Bernam

There were no changes in the list for incumbent Bukit Lanjan rep Elizabeth Wong and Petaling Jaya Selatan MP Hee Loy Sian.

And as announced earlier today, incumbent MB Khalid Ibrahim will move to Port Klang while newcomer Idris Ahmad will contest Ijok.

Among the strong newcomers in the parliamentary seats are Aziz Bari, the constitutional expert controversially expelled from the International Islamic University (UIA) who will take on Sabak Bernam, and PKR strategist Rafizi Ramli in Pandan. 

In state seats, Mohd Yahya Saari will debut in Permatang while another newcomer, Ramachandran Kandasamy will contest Batang Kali. Lee Chin Cheh will contest Kajang. 

In all, PKR will contest 11 parliamentary seats and 21 state seats in Selangor.

Parliamentary seats: 

Ampang: Zuraida Kamaruddin
Gombak: Azmin Ali
Hulu selangor: Khalid Jaafar
Kapar: G Manivannan
Kelana Jaya: Wong Chen
Kuala Langat: Abdullah Sani
Pandan: Rafizi Ramli
Petaling Jaya Selatan: Hee Loy Sian
Sabak Bernam: Aziz Bari
Selayang: William Leong
Subang: R Sivarasa

State seats:

Batang Kali: Ramachandran Kandasamy.
Batu Caves: Amirudin Shaari.
Batu Tiga:  Rodziah Ismail 
Bukit Antarabangsa: Azmin Ali
Bukit Lanjan: Elizabeth Wong
Bukit Melawati: S Manikavasgam
Dengkil: Aman Shah
Ijok: Idris Ahmad
Kajang: Lee Chin Cheh
Kota Anggerik: Yaakob Sapari
Kuang: Tengku Maraziah Tengku Sulaiman.
Permatang: Yahya Mat Saari
Port Klang: Khalid Ibrahim
Rawang: Gan Pei Nei
Sementa: Daroyah Alwi
Semenyih: Hamidi Haasan
Seri Andalas: Xavier Jeyakumar
Seri Muda: Shuhaimi Shafie
Seri Setia: Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Taman Medan: Haniza Talha