In a statement, it said newcomer Rosman Jonet would replace Kamarul. He is expected to face Barisan Nasional’s (BN) VS Mogan, who lost to Kamarul in 2013, and Mahfuz Roslan of PAS.
Kamarul won the Teluk Kemang seat in 2008, defeating former MIC vice-president SG Sothinathan with a majority of 2,804 votes.
He successfully defended the seat in 2013 in a three-way contest against Mogan and independent Kamaruddin Kumaravel Abdullah, but with a lower majority of 1,579 votes.
PKR also named Roseli Abdul Gani to take on BN’s Rembau incumbent Khairy Jamaluddin, who is the Umno Youth chief. PAS will also field Mustafa Dolah as its candidate for the seat.
In 2013, Khairy polled 43,053 votes to beat PKR’s Radzali A Ghani, who secured 24,696 votes, and independent Abdul Aziz Hassan who only managed 325 votes.
The PKR statement also named 12 candidates for state seats in Negeri Sembilan, headed by state Pakatan Harapan chairman Aminuddin Harun who will contest in Sikamat.
He will face TV motivation programme personality Syamsul Amri Ismail who is better known as Syamsul Debat of BN and PAS candidate Rahim Yusof.
The following is the full list of Negeri Sembilan PKR candidates:
Parliamentary seats
Rembau – Roseli Abdul Gani
Port Dickson – Rosman Jonet
State seats
Sungai Lui – Zainal Fikri Abd Kadir
Jeram – S Musliadi Sabtu
Sikamat – Aminuddin Harun
Ampangan – Mohamad Rafie Ab Malek
Juasseh – Rosli Omar
Pilah – Mohamad Nazaruddin Sabtu
Labu – Ismail Ahmad
Rantau – Streram Sinnasamy
Chuah – Yek Diew Ching
Linggi – Rusli Abdullah
Sri Tanjung – Ravi Munusamy
Gemas – Baharuddin Arif Siri
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