SHAH ALAM: The Sungai Kandis state by-election on Aug 4 will be a three-cornered fight between PKR, Barisan Nasional and an independent candidate.
The candidates are Mohd Zawawi Ahmad Mughni (PKR), Lokman Noor Adam (BN) and K Murthy (independent).
The returning officer Ahmad Zaharin Mohd Saad announced the names of the candidates at 10.25am after nominations closed at the nomination centre at Dewan Besar Tanjung of the Shah Alam City Council.
The by-election was brought about by the death of assemblyman Mat Shuhaimi Shafiei of PKR, who died of cancer on July 2.
Mat Shuhaimi had been returned for a third term, polling 23,998 votes against Kamaruzzaman Johari of BN (11,518 votes), Mohd Yusof Abdullah of PAS (7,573) and Hanafiah Husin of Parti Rakyat Malaysia (76). Mat Shuhaimi secured a majority of 12,480 votes.