Lawyer Lee Kim Noor, 59, has been selected to stand for the party in the Batu Uban seat in Penang.
Lee, better known as KN Lee, previously served as a Penang island city councillor under the NGO quota and was the founding president of the Penang Ratepayers’ Association.
Muda president Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman said the candidates are the party’s most diverse by background and seniority.
He said it is also the most gender-equitable with half of the 20 candidates announced thus far being women.
The full list is as follows:
Penang
- Batu Uban: Lee Kim Noor, 59
- Perai: Vikneswary ‘Viky’ Harikrishnan, 36
Selangor
- Bukit Gasing: Kalyana Rajasekaran Teagarajan aka VKK Raja, 44
- Subang: Zayd Shaukat Ali, 27
- Kota Anggerik: Azad Akbar Khan, 35
- Taman Templer: Aida Nazeera Rahman, 30
- Bandar Utama: Abe Lim, 27
- Pandan Indah: Lisa Redzuan, 41
Negeri Sembilan
- Temiang: Qusyairi Abdull Rahim, 24
- Repah: Iswan Ishak, 32
Two weeks ago, Muda announced four candidates in Selangor: secretary-general Amir Hadi (Seri Serdang), Saiyidah Izzati Nur Razak Maideen (Batu Tiga), R Thanusha (Sentosa) and Melanie Ting (Bukit Antarabangsa).
Last week, in its second batch, Muda named six candidates: party information chief Luqman Long (Bandar, Terengganu), Al-Hafiz Ikhwan (Dusun Tua, Selamghor), R Siva Prakash (Kuala Kubu Baharu, Selangor), Afriena Shaqiera Sariff (Sungai Kandis, Selangor) and Dobby Chew (Seri Setia, Selangor).
Priyankaa Loh was named the candidate for the Pantai Jerejak seat in Penang.