Johor polls see 14 of 56 state seats with direct BN-PH contests, five-cornered fights in three seats.
JOHOR BAHRU: Fourteen (14) of the 56 State Legislative Assembly (DUN) seats contested in the 16th Johor State Election (PRN) will see straight fights between Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan (PH).
According to the list confirmed by the Election Commission (EC) upon the conclusion of the nomination process today, three state seats will see five-cornered contests, 27 seats will see three-cornered fights, and 12 seats will involve four-cornered encounters.
The contest in the Machap state seat involves the incumbent, who is also Johor Menteri Besar, Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi representing BN, facing challenger Muhammad Nur Hafiz Roslan from PH while new face Datuk Mohd Sumali Reduan (BN) will square off against Abdul Razak Ismail (PH) in the Benut seat.
In the Buloh Kasap seat, incumbent Datuk Zahari Sarip (BN) will go up against Noraziah Mohd Razit (PH), while the Bentayan seat will see a clash between Chua Lee Huat (BN) and Ng Yak Howe (PH).
Other state seats seeing head-to-head contests are Bekok, Tangkak, Yong Peng, Parit Yaani, Penggaram, Mengkibol, Tanjung Surat, Pulai Sebatang, Pekan Nanas, and Kukup.
Meanwhile, the three state seats involved in five-cornered contests include Puteri Wangsa, which features Dr Maszlee Malik (PH), Teow Chia Ling (BN), Sharifah Rashifa Syed Abdul Rashid Aljunied (Malaysian United Democratic Alliance – MUDA), Nicholas Paul Vincent (Bersama), and Wang Wee Siong (Independent).
Another five-cornered contest in the Bukit Naning state seat involves Mohd Ghazali Sabari@Atan (BN), Md Ysahrudin Kusni (PH), Mohd Radzi Amin (PN), Iskandar Md Alias (Parti Bersama Malaysia – Bersama), and Jeganathan Subramaniam (Independent).
Additionally, Bukit Batu will see a battle between Kumaran Rama Krishnan (BN), Chiong Sen Sern (PH), Tamili Gopalakrishnan (Bersama), Premanand Maniam@Supramaniam (MUDA), and Kamaruzaman Ali (Independent).
A total of 12 seats will see four-cornered contests, involving the state seats of Tenang, Simpang Jeram, Maharani, Paloh, Endau, Tiram, Johor Jaya, Permas, Stulang, Skudai, Kota Iskandar, and Bukit Permai.
Three-cornered fights will occur in 27 state seats, namely Jementah, Pemanis, Kemelah, Bukit Kepong, Bukit Pasir, Gambir, Serom, Sungai Balang, Semerah, Sri Medan, Semarang, Parit Raja, Senggarang, Rengit, Layang-Layang, Mahkota, Kahang, Tenggaroh, Panti, Pasir Raja, Sedili, Johor Lama, Penawar, Larkin, Perling, Kempas, and Senai.
In this Johor State Election, BN and PH are each fielding 56 candidates, PN (33), Bersama (15), MUDA (four), Parti Orang Asli Malaysia (Asli) and Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) with one candidate each, and Independents (six).
The Johor State Election will be held this July 11, while early voting is set for July 7.
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