SEREMBAN – DAP last night announced the names of 11 candidates, including a new face, that the party will be fielding in the Negri Sembilan elections next month.
Its secretary-general Anthony Loke, when announcing the candidates here last night, also confirmed that he will be defending the Chennah seat in the polls, while first-time candidate Desmond Sian Meow Kong will be contesting the Rahang seat.
Also contesting are Teo Kok Seong (Bahau), J. Arul Kumar (Nilai), Chew Seh Yong (Lobak), Ng Chin Tsai (Temiang), Nicole Tan ( Bukit Kepayang), Yap Yew Weng (Mambau), P. Gunasegaran (Seremban Jaya ), Choo Ken Hwa (Lukut) and S. Veerapan (Repah).
“Negri Sembilan was won on the spirit of Pakatan Harapan (PH) in 2018. I am a Negri Sembilan native – raised here and started my political career here. So of course, Negri Sembilan is close to my heart.
“10 of the seats we kept as status quo, we are only featuring a new face in Rahang. Many DAP candidates in Negri Sembilan are still young, (and they are) in their 30s to 60s,” he told reporters after the Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate announcement ceremony here.
He said DAP will be contesting in only four states and will be announcing its candidates for Selangor today, followed by Penang and Kedah respectively tomorrow.
“Tonight is not about DAP candidates, or Amanah, or Keadilan, but only PH because we represent the PH symbol, we enter the ring with the PH symbol,” he said.
Barisan Nasional (BN) last Friday announced 17 candidates running in the state followed by the announcement of six PKR candidates by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also PKR President, and two Amanah candidates announced by its president Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu last night.
Loke said all the candidates need to defend the Negri Sembilan government and retain state PH chairman Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun as menteri besar candidate.
Meanwhile, Loke also thanked Amanah for handing over its incumbent seat, Lenggeng, which it won in the 14th general election to BN this time around.
Following are the DAP candidates contesting in Negri Sembilan:
N01 Chennah – Anthony Loke
N08 Bahau – Teo Kok Seong
N10 Nilai – J. Arul Kumar
N11 Lobak – Chew Seh Yong
N12 Temiang – Ng Chin Tsai
N21 Bukit Kepayang – Nicole Tan
N22 Rahang – Desmond Sian Meow Kong
N23 Mambau – Yap Yew Weng
N24 Seremban Jaya – P. Gunasegaran
N30 Lukut – Choo Ken Hwa
N36 Repah – S. Veerapan – Bernama, July 24, 2023
