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Pakatan to finalise seat allocation for Melaka polls next week

Coalition will contest all 28 seats up for grabs, says Adly Zahari

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 23 Oct 2021 2:52PM

Pakatan to finalise seat allocation for Melaka polls next week
Melaka Pakatan Harapan chairman Adly Zahari says there are several more seats which have yet to be decided and that the coalition will hold further discussions with its partners. – Bernama pic, October 23, 2021

MELAKA – Negotiations on seat distribution among Pakatan Harapan (PH) component parties for the Melaka election are expected to be completed before the middle of next week, said Melaka PH chairman Adly Zahari.

Adly, who is also Melaka Amanah vice-president, said the list of PH candidates for the state polls is also expected to be finalised by then.

“We are confident of settling this matter before the middle of next week. Amanah is expected to contest between eight and 10 seats.

“There are several more seats which have yet to be decided. We will hold further discussions with our PH partners,” he told reporters after attending the Pantai Puteri #IniRumahKita cleaning programme here today.

Adly, a former Melaka chief minister, said PH will be contesting all of the 28 seats up for grabs.

PH comprises PKR, DAP, Amanah and Sabah-based United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation.

The Election Commission has set November 8 for nominations, November 20 for polling and November 16 for early voting.

The Melaka State Legislative Assembly was dissolved on October 4 after four representatives withdrew their support for Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali.

The former assemblymen who triggered the state election are Datuk Seri Idris Haron (BN-Sungai Udang), Datuk Nor Azman Hassan (BN-Pantai Kundor), Datuk Norhizam Hassan Baktee (Independent-Pengkalan Batu) and Datuk Noor Effandi Ahmad (Bersatu-Telok Mas). – Bernama, October 23, 2021

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