Bersatu to clash with PAS, Wawasan in 8 seats

 However, the party will not vie against candidates from Gerakan, MIPP and PAS’s non-Muslim wing.

Among the top Bersatu leaders contesting are (from left) information chief Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz, associate wing chief R Sri Sanjeevan and state chief Hanifah Abu Baker. Malaysian Paralympic Council president Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin has also been named as a Bersatu candidate.

PETALING JAYA:

Bersatu has announced 24 candidates for the Negeri Sembilan state election on Aug 1, with the party set to clash with two Perikatan Nasional components in eight seats.

According to the list of candidates announced by party president Muhyiddin Yassin, Bersatu, which is still a PN component, will take on PAS in Serting, Ampangan, Paroi and Bagan Pinang.

Except for Ampangan, the three other seats were won by PAS in the 2023 state election.

Bersatu will also clash with opposition leader Hamzah Zainudin’s Parti Wawasan Negara in all four seats being contested by Wawasan – Klawang, Sikamat, Mambau and Gemas.

However, it will not clash with Gerakan and the Malaysian Indian People’s Party, which are fielding candidates in Bukit Kepayang and Lukut, respectively, as well as PAS’s non-Muslim wing, which is contesting the Lobak seat.

Among the top leaders being fielded by Bersatu are information chief Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz (Sikamat), associate wing chief R Sri Sanjeevan (Jeram Padang) and state chief Hanifah Abu Baker (Labu).

Bersatu also announced Malaysian Paralympic Council president Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin as its candidate for the Seri Menanti seat.

The party also announced that two candidates from Urimai will contest under its banner – N Sarawanan (Mambau) and R Mahendran (Seremban Jaya).

Bersatu decided to go solo in this state election following a fallout with PAS and Perikatan Nasional, which it co-founded.

The 24 seats to be contested by Bersatu are:

• N2 Pertang – Faizal Fadli Idrus
• N3 Sungai Lui – Mazrulhisham Abd Mansor
• N4 Klawang – Adib Musa
• N5 Serting – Noraffendy Salleh
• N6 Palong – Rebin Birham
• N7 Jeram Padang – R Sri Sanjeevan
• N9 Lenggeng – Zool Amali Hussin
• N10 Nilai – V Saravanan Kumar
• N12 Temiang – Fazly Hamid
• N13 Sikamat – Tun Faisal Ismail Aziz
• N14 Ampangan – Noor’azah Harun
• N15 Juasseh – Zuhaimi Yusof
• N16 Seri Menanti – Megat D Shahriman Zaharudin
• N17 Senaling – Izaffi Istear Khan
• N20 Labu – Hanifah Abu Baker
• N22 Rahang – Tang Jay Son
• N23 Mambau – N Sarawanan
• N24 Seremban Jaya – R Mahendran
• N25 Paroi – Nazree Yunus
• N28 Kota – Akmal Noradzmi Abd Rahim
• N31 Bagan Pinang – Sheikh Junaidy Jamaludin
• N32 Linggi – Zamri Said
• N33 Sri Tanjung – M Leevineshwaraan
• N34 Gemas – Fadhil Daud

- FMT