By Sulyn Chong
SHAH ALAM, Oct 28 — Pakatan Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) has today announced it is fielding 72 candidates to contest the parliamentary seats in Peninsular Malaysia, for the upcoming 15th general election.
Several prominent state leaders who will contest for federal seats for the first time include Selangor PKR chairman Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari, who is also the Menteri Besar and incumbent Sungai Tua state assemblyman, as well as state executive councillor for housing cum Batu Tiga state assemblyman Rodziah Ismail.
“Tonight, the candidates we announce are just candidates for PKR parliamentary seats only. It is not all of them, we have more names that we will announce later on,” said PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in his speech before the announcement was made at Padang MPAJ in Taman Kosas, Ampang earlier tonight, which was also broadcasted live.
He added working to select candidates is never easy and involves a complicated process.
“We have chosen from the ranks of old and new fighters. We have many who are talented and capable and unfortunately, we even have to drop some who have contributed a lot to the party.
“But there must be a transition of power, there must be regeneration and the same person cannot stay forever,” Anwar said.
The inucmbent Port Dickson MP reminded the nominated candidates to be grateful and remember their good fortune to have been chosen.
“You need to fight not for positions or to become a minister, but fight because of your promises and oaths to defend the fate of the people as a whole.
“This is a good reminder to repent and learn from experience,” he said.
The candidates were called up to the stage in groups of ten, where they had to sign three documents.
These include a bond of loyalty to be faithful to PKR and the people, an agreement to return the nomination deposit money for their seats if they win their respective seats, as well as an agreement to take a cut in their allowances as representatives if they win.
Prior to the dissolution of Parliament on October 10, PKR holds 36 parliamentary seats.
The following is the list of candidates for the federal seats to be contested by the party:
Selangor (11 seats)
- P093 Sungai Besar: Saipolyazan Mat Yusop (incumbent Datuk Muslimin Yahaya – PN/Bersatu)
- P094 Hulu Selangor: P. Sathia (incumbent June Leow Hsiad Hui – PH/PKR)
- P097 Selayang: William Leong Jee Kee (incumbent)
- P098 Gombak: Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari (incumbent Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali – PN/Bersatu)
- P099 Ampang: Rodziah Ismail (incumbent Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin – PBM)
- P100 Pandan: Rafizi Ramli (incumbent Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail – PH/PKR)
- P104 Subang: Wong Chen (incumbent – PH/PKR)
- P105 Petaling Jaya: Lee Chean Chung (incumbent Maria Chin Abdullah PH/PKR)
- P107 Sungai Buloh: R. Ramanan (incumbent R. Sivarasa – PH/PKR)
- P109 Kapar: Datuk Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid (incumbent)
- P112 Kuala Langat: G. Manivanam (incumbent Xavier Jayakumar – BEBAS)
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (six seats)
- P115 Batu: P. Prabakaran (incumbent)
- P116 Wangsa Maju: Zahir Hasan (incumbent Datin Paduka Tan Yee Kew – PH/PKR)
- P118 Setiawangsa: Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (incumbent)
- P121 Lembah Pantai: Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil (incumbent)
- P124 Bandar Tun Razak: Datuk Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (incumbent Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar – PN/Bersatu)
- P125 Putrajaya: Dr Noraisyah Mydin (incumbent Datuk Seri Utama Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor – BN/Umno)
Negeri Sembilan (three seats)
- P129 Kuala Pilah: Nor Azman Mohamad (incumbent Datuk Eddin Syazlee Shith – PN/Bersatu)
- P131 Rembau: Jufitri Joha (incumbent Khairy Jamaluddin – BN/Umno)
- P132 Port Dickson: Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun (incumbent Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim – PH/PKR)
Penang (four seats)
- P044 Permatang Pauh: Nurul Izzah Anwar (incumbent)
- P047 Nibong Tebal: Fadhlina Sidek (incumbent Datuk Mansor Othman – PN/Bersatu)
- P052 Bayan Baru: Sim Tze Tzin (incumbent)
- P053 Balik Pulau: Datuk Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (incumbent)
Perak (10 seats)
- P055 Lenggong: Jurilatif (incumbent Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah – BN/Umno)
- P058 Bagan Serai: Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail (incumbent Datuk Noor Azmi Ghazali – PN/Bersatu)
- P061 Padang Rengas: Kamil Munim (incumbent Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz – BN/Umno)
- P062 Sungai Siput: S. Kesavan (incumbent)
- P063 Tambun: Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (incumbent Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu – PN/Bersatu)
- P071 Gopeng: Tan Gar Hing (incumbent Dr Lee Boon Chye – PH/PKR)
- P072 Tapah: K. Saraswthy (incumbent Datuk Seri M. Saravanan – BN/MIC)
- P073 Pasir Salak: Nik Omar Nik Abdul Aziz (incumbent Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman – BN/Umno)
- P075 Bagan Datuk: Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar (incumbent Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi – BN/Umno)
- P077 Tanjong Malim: Chang Lih Kang (incumbent)
Pahang (seven seats)
- P081 Jerantut: Hassan Basri Awang Mat Dahan (incumbent Datuk Ahmad Nazlan Idris – BN/Umno)
- P082 Indera Mahkota: Zuraidi Ismail (incumbent Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah – PN/Bersatu)
- P083 Kuantan: Fuziah Salleh (incumbent)
- P085 Pekan: Mohd Naim Zainal Abidin (incumbent Datuk Seri Najib Razak – BN/Umno)
- P087 Kuala Krau: Mohamad Hafez Harun (incumbent Datuk Seri Ismail Mohamed Said)
- P090 Bera: Abas Awang (incumbent Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob – BN/Umno)
- P091 Rompin: Erman Shah (incumbent Datuk Seri Hasan Arifin – BN/Umno)
Perlis (two seats)
- P002 Kangar: Noor Amin Ahmad (incumbent)
- P003 Arau: Fathin Amelina Fazlie (incumbent Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim – BN/Umno)
Kedah (nine seats)
- P005 Jerlun: Dr Mohamed Fadzil Mohd Ali (incumbent Datuk Seri Utama Mukhriz Mahathir – GTA/Pejuang)
- P006 Kubang Pasu: Aizuddin Ariffin (incumbent Datuk Wira Amiruddin Hamzah – GTA/Pejuang)
- P009 Alor Setar: Simon Ooi (incumbent Chan Ming Kai – PH/PKR)
- P010 Kuala Kedah: Dr Azman Ismail (incumbent)
- P011 Pendang: Zulkifly Mohamad (incumbent Datuk Awang Hashim – PN/PAS)
- P014 Merbok: Nurin Aina (incumbent Nor Azrina Surip – PH/PKR)
- P015 Sungai Petani: Dr Mohammed Taufiq Johari (incumbent Datuk Johari Abdul – PH/PKR)
- P017 Padang Serai: M. Karupaiya (incumbent)
- P018 Kulim – Bandar Baharu: Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (incumbent)
Melaka (two seats)
- P136 Tangga Batu: Rusnah Aluai (incumbent)
- P137 Hang Tuah Jaya: Adam Adli (incumbent Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar – PH/PKR)
Johor (12 seats)
- P140 Segamat: R. Yuneswaran (incumbent Datuk Seri Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu – PN/Bersatu)
- P141 Sekijang: Dr Zaliha Mustafa (incumbent Natrah Ismail – PH/PKR)
- P143 Pagoh: Iskandar Shah (incumbent Tan Sri Datuk Muhyiddin Yassin – PN/Bersatu)
- P144 Ledang: Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (incumbent)
- P150 Batu Pahat: Onn Abu Bakar (incumbent Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon – PN/Bersatu)
- P151 Simpang Renggam: Maszlee Malik (incumbent)
- P153 Sembrong: Hasni Abas (incumbent Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein -BN/Umno)
- P155 Tenggara: Zuraidah Zainab (incumbent Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba – BN/Umno)
- P158 Tebrau: Jimmy Puah Wee Tse (incumbent Steven Choong Shiau Yoon – PBM)
- P159 Pasir Gudang: Hassan Abdul Karim (incumbent)
- P160 Johor Bahru: Akmal Nasir (incumbent)
- P164 Pontian: Sayfaul Ariffin Abdul Karim (incumbent Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan – BN/Umno)
Kelantan (six seats)
- P022 Pasir Mas: Datuk Husam Musa (incumbent Ahmad Fadhli Shaari – PN/PAS)
- P025 Bachok: Nor Azmiza Mamat (incumbent Nik Mohamed Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz – PN/PAS)
- P026 Ketereh: Rahimi L. Muhamud (incumbent Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Annuar Musa – BN/Umno)
- P027 Tanah Merah: Datuk Mohamad Suparadi Md Noor (incumbent Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz – PN/Bersatu)
- P029 Machang: Dr Rosli (incumbent Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub – BN/Umno)
- P032 Gua Musang: Asharun Uji (incumbent Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah – BN/Umno)
Terengganu (four seats)
- P034 Setiu: Mohamad Ngah (incumbent Shaharizukirnain Abd Kadir – PN/PAS)
- P038 Hulu Terengganu: Alias Ismail (incumbent Datuk Rosol Wahid – PN/Bersatu)
- P039 Dungun: Dr Mohd Johari Mohamad (incumbent Wan Hassan Mohd Ramli – PN/PAS)
- P040 Kemaman: Hasuni Sudin (incumbent Che Alias Hamid – PN/PAS)
