Sungai Buloh, Gombak, Arau among seats to watch

 

Khairy Jamaluddin, Azmin Ali and Tengku Zafrul Aziz are among those contesting seats which will be watched closely.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sungai Buloh, Gombak and Arau are considered to be among the hot seats of the general election that will draw the attention of the public and political observers.

Barisan Nasional (BN) is fielding Khairy Jamaluddin to capture the Sungai Buloh parliamentary seat, which is a stronghold of Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Khairy, 46, is being challenged by R Ramanan of PH in an effort by PKR to retain the seat for the fourth time, and by Ghazali Md Hamin (PN-PAS), Akmal Mohd Yusoff of Pejuang, Ahmad Jufliz Faiza of Parti Rakyat Malaysia and two independent candidates, Nurhaslinda Basri and Syed Abdul Razak Syed Long Alsagoff.

R Sivarasa of PKR had won the seat in 2018 with a majority of 26,634 votes.

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The fight between mentor and protege in Gombak sees incumbent Azmin Ali (PN-Bersatu) up against Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari from PH.

Also contesting against Azmin are Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (BN-Umno), Aziz Jamaludin Mhd Tahir (Pejuang-Putra) and Zulkifli Ahmad (Independent).

Despite the change in political platform, Azmin expressed confidence in defending the seat and will continue with the development plans in Gombak.

In the last general election, Azmin, who contested on a PKR ticket, won the seat with a majority of 48,721 votes in a three-cornered contest involving BN and PAS.

Also in the spotlight is the debut of Tengku Zafrul Aziz in the political arena as a BN candidate contesting the Kuala Selangor parliamentary seat.

Tengku Zafrul was appointed a senator before being appointed finance minister in the previous government. He is opposed by Dzulkefly Ahmad of Amanah (PH), who has been a two-term MP there from 2013, Noor Mohd Shahar (PN-PAS) and Mohd Shaid Rosli (GTA-Pejuang).

In GE14, Dzulkefly won the seat with a majority of 8,498 votes.

The Bandar Tun Razak parliamentary seat will also be the focus where Kamaruddin Jaafar will be challenged by a heavyweight in the form of Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, chairman of the PKR advisory council, and former Pandan MP .

The other challenger for the seat is Chew Yin Keen (BN-MCA).

Putrajaya will have a a six-cornered fight for the first time since the seat was contested in 2004. The battle is between BN, PN, PH, Pejuang and two independent candidates.

The six candidates are Tengku Adnan Mansor (BN-Umno), Radzi Jidin (PN-Bersatu), Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz (PH-PKR), Mohd Rosli Ramli (Pejuang) and independent candidates Lim Fice Bee and Samsudin Mohamad Fauzi.

Former Umno leader Shahidan Kassim, dropped as a candidate by BN, faces Rozabil Abd Rahman (BN-Umno) and Fathin Amelina Fazlie (PH-PKR) in his quest to defend the Arau parliamentary seat in Perlis, this time on a PN ticket. - FMT