Veteran politician Mohamad Ali contesting for first time

 

MALACCA POLLS | Despite being in politics for a long time, the Malacca Umno liaison committee deputy chairperson is contesting for the first time as a BN candidate in the Sungai Udang constituency.

Mohamad Ali Mohamad (above), 57, who has been active in politics since 1985, is also Tangga Batu Umno division chief as well as the deputy president of the Dewan Negara.

The Sungai Udang (N11) seat will see a four-cornered fight between BN, Perikatan Nasional (PN), Pakatan Harapan and independent in the Malacca election on Nov 20.

The other candidates are Mohd Aleef Yusof (PN), Hasmorni Tamby (Harapan) and Mohd Zahar Hasim (independent).

Aleef, 35, a former medical doctor at a private hospital is the youngest candidate in the Sungai Udang contest while Zahar, 63, is a retired armed forces personnel and had held the post of director of International Communication and Strategic Intelligence.

Hasmorni, 46, is a member of PKR Women exco and Masjid Tanah PKR Women secretary who contested in the Kuala Linggi state seat in the 14th general election (GE14) but lost to incumbent Ismail Othman.

Earlier, Sungai Udang returning officer Shamsul Ambia Abdul Aziz announced the nomination of candidates at the nomination centre in Dewan Keris Laksamana Kompleks Penjara Sungai Udang when the nominations closed at 10am.

In GE14, the Sungai Udang seat was won by Idris Haron who was part of BN then with a majority of 2,229 votes after defeating Mohd Lokman Abdul Gani (PKR).

The Election Commission set today as nomination day while polling day is on Nov 20 and early voting on Nov 16,  following the dissolution of the state assembly on Oct 4 when four assemblypersons withdrew their support for the chief minister.

Malacca has 28 state constituencies and 495,196 registered voters with 240,530 or 48.57 percent of the voters being men and the remaining 254,666 voters or 51.43 percent are women.

- Bernama