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Pakatan Harapan names 24 candidates for Melaka state election

PH fields 24 candidates across 28 state seats, mixing new faces with experienced leaders ahead of the Melaka polls.

Sources: Harapan Daily, New Straits Times, Utusan Malaysia3 sources ↓|· 1 min read

KEY POINTS

  • PH fields 24 candidates for 28 Melaka state seats
  • Candidate list includes 10 PKR, 7 DAP, and 7 AMANAH members
  • Mukhlis Mubin, aged 25, is the youngest PH candidate
  • Adly Zahari will defend Bukit Katil, a seat he won in 2021
  • Election Commission says 79 total candidates are contesting

Pakatan Harapan has announced 24 candidates for the Melaka state election, covering 24 of the 28 state assembly seats. The coalition increased its original list of 21 names by adding three more candidates on 24 October.

The candidates consist of 10 from PKR, seven from DAP, and seven from AMANAH. Among them is Mukhlis Mubin, a 25-year-old law graduate from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, who will contest Kuala Linggi for AMANAH.

“From a 25-year-old youth to a former Menteri Besar, Pakatan Harapan fields new faces and experienced leaders through 24 candidates.”

— Harapan Daily

Experienced leaders are also retained, including PH Melaka chairman Datuk Seri Adly Zahari, who will defend the Bukit Katil seat he won in the 2021 state election. Adly served as Melaka chief minister from 2018 to 2020 and is currently Deputy Defence Minister.

Other returning candidates include DAP representatives Kerk Chee Yee, Allex Seah Shoo Chin, Low Chee Leong, and Leng Chau Yen, along with PKR's Datuk Ginie Lim Siew Lin, who will contest Machap Jaya again.

Separately, the Election Commission announced that 79 candidates from various parties are contesting all 28 seats. Barisan Nasional fields 23 candidates, Bersama 16, Bersatu seven, PAS and its allies five, independents three, and Putra one.

The full candidate list shows contests in Kuala Linggi, Tanjung Bidara, Ayer Limau, Lendu, Taboh Naning, Rembia, Gadek, and Machap Jaya, with voter numbers provided for each constituency.

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