This is what DAP candidate Mordi Bimol is anxious to find out and it is a contest he does not relish.

Sarawak DAP Chairman Chong Chien Jen had earlier today announced Mordi as its candidate for the seat.

State BN Chairman Adenan Satem has given his support for Henry Harry Jinep to contest the seat.

Mordi said the best chance to win will be if the Opposition could avoid a head-on collision with PKR and fight one-on-one with BN.

“The vote will split (if PKR stands).

“It will be much harder because everyone has a chance and everyone has his own percentage of followers.

“DAP has its own supporters, same for PKR. So if there is a head-on fight, DAP may not stand as high a chance to win here.

“But I believe I do have my own strengths and I believe I can do well in this constituency,” he told reporters.

PKR, who had claimed Tasik Biru for years, may field its candidate if Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian chooses to ignore the deal sorted out by his party Deputy President Azmin Ali with DAP last Thursday.

The PKR Tasik Biru candidate will most likely be Boniface Willy Tumek, who has also worked in the area.

Mordi, 31, is a local boy. He stood for the Mas Gading parliamentary seat in 2013.

A man with an easy smile and joyful attitude, Mordi prides himself with the numerous walkabouts, from house to house, for the past five years, treating the voters as part of his extended family.

Mordi chose to ignore the smear campaign, aimed at creating friction between PKR and DAP. There are many banners strewn around Tasik Biru and Bau as part of this campaign.

“These banners are just a minor thing, and I don’t want to think about them.

“I prefer to focus on my work for this place and people,” he said.

There is also a possibility that Teras, a BN-friendly party, may put an independent candidate against the BN candidate.

Henry, from SPDP, was chosen instead of Tasik Biru incumbent state assemblymen for the past 20 years, Peter Nansian Ngusie.

Peter, who is now the Teras deputy president, was not chosen as one of the direct BN candidates.

However, the friendship between Henry and Peter might deter Peter from standing as an independent candidate.

Peter told reporters on Saturday that he would support Henry if the latter was picked as the BN candidate, though he could not guarantee the same for his supporters.

Tasik Biru has about 16,000 voters, with Dayaks as the majority.