Azmin likely to contest Shah Alam seat in GE14, says source

Azmin likely to contest Shah Alam seat in GE14, says source

PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin is expected to be named as the candidate for the Hulu Langat parliamentary seat.

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SHAH ALAM: Selangor Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali and PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin are expected to contest the Shah Alam and Hulu Langat parliamentary seats in the next general election, according to a source.

The source said their names, along with the seats to be contested, were submitted at a meeting of the Selangor Pakatan Harapan (PH) election committee here today.

PAS had contested and won the two seats for the opposition in the 13th general election in 2013.

“PKR may contest the two seats, but the matter is under discussion and requires the agreement of all component parties of Pakatan Harapan,” said the source after the meeting.

Besides PKR, the other component parties of PH are DAP, PPBM and Amanah.

Azmin, who is PKR deputy president, is now the MP for Gombak and the state assemblyman for Bukit Antarabangsa while Zuraida is the MP for Ampang.

In the 13th general election, Khalid Abdul Samad (now with Amanah) won the Shah Alam seat for PAS by beating Zulkifli Noordin of Barisan Nasional (BN) by 10,939 votes while Che Rosli Che Mat of PAS won the Hulu Langat seat by beating Adzhaliza Mohd Nor of BN by 17,267 votes.

Selangor PH election committee director Xavier Jayakumar said a decision would be made by the end of this month on which of the PH component parties would contest the 25 Selangor state seats now held by PAS and BN.

He said discussions were going on among the four component parties on the distribution of seats.

Selangor PPBM election director Abdul Rashid Ansari said the party would not necessarily contest all seats contested by Umno but would field candidates in any appropriate seat.

Selangor has 56 state seats, of which DAP holds 14, PKR and PAS 13 each, BN 12 and Amanah and independents two each.

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