Tok Mat, Jalaluddin among BN bigwigs in Negeri Sembilan polls

 BN deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan will seek a seventh term as Rantau assemblyman while state Umno chief Jalaluddin Alias will defend his Pertang seat.

BN deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan (left) served as menteri besar from 2004 to 2018 while state Umno chief Jalaluddin Alias was a senior exco member in the Aminuddin Harun administration.

PETALING JAYA:

Barisan Nasional deputy chairman Mohamad Hasan will seek a seventh term as Rantau assemblyman in the upcoming Negeri Sembilan state election.

Mohamad, also known as Tok Mat, has represented Rantau since 2004. In 2023, he was re-elected with a whopping 10,280-vote majority as BN and Pakatan Harapan contested as allies.

Mohamad, who is also the Rembau MP and foreign minister, had served as Negeri Sembilan menteri besar from 2004 to 2018.

In announcing BN’s candidates for the Aug 1 polls, Mohamad also said state BN chief Jalaluddin Alias will defend his Pertang seat.

Jalaluddin, the two-term Jelebu MP, served as Pertang assemblyman from 2013 to 2018 before being fielded again in the 2023 state election and getting re-elected.

Mohamad announced 25 BN candidates today – 16 from Umno, seven from MCA and two from MIC.

BN did not announce candidates for 11 seats – Klawang, Serting, Lobak, Sikamat, Ampangan, Bukit Kepayang, Mambau, Paroi, Lukut, Bagan Pinang and Gemas.

The list of BN candidates:

N1 Chennah – Siow Kong Choon

N2 Pertang – Jalaluddin Alias

N3 Sungai Lui – Razi Ali

N6 Palong – Mustapha Nagoor

N7 Jeram Padang – Zaidy Abdul Kadir

N8 Bahau – Chong Fui Ming

N9 Lenggeng – Asna Amin

N10 Nilai – Lai Chien Kong

N12 Temiang – Leaw Kok Chan

N15 Juasseh – Ismail Lassim

N16 Seri Menanti – Sufian Maradzi

N17 Senaling – Qayyum Abd Jalil

N18 Pilah – Liza Mat Yasin

N19 Johol – Saiful Yazan Sulaiman

N20 Labu – Siti Nur Umaira Hasim

N22 Rahang – Yap Siok Moy

N24 Seremban Jaya – Thinalan T Rajagopalu

N26 Chembong – Zairul Bahri Idris

N27 Rantau – Mohamad Hassan

N28 Kota – Suhaimi Aini

N29 Chuah – Pau Jeou Ching

N32 Linggi – Faizal Ramli

N33 Sri Tanjung – Achutan Alagan

N35 Gemencheh – Suhaimizan Bizar

N36 Repah – Koh Kim Swee

- FMT