GE13: Gerakan to contest 11 parliament, 31 state seats, more than half are new faces

KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan will contest in 11 parliament and 31 state seats in the May 5 general election, one parliamentary seat less allocated to the party in the last general election in 2008.

Party president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said of the total 42 candidates, 22 or 52.4 per cent are new faces who have not contested before, five or 12 per cent are women and three or seven per cent are leaders of Indian origin, the rest are Chinese aspirants.