PKR's Azmin to defend seats in GE14, Maria Chin to contest in PJ

Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Azmin Ali. -The Star filepic

PETALING JAYA: PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail has announced the list of GE14 candidates for Selangor, leaving out the Pandan parliamentary seat.  

Among them was Mentri Besar and PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali (pic) who will defend the Gombak parliamentary and Bukit Antarabangsa state seats.  

Former Bersih 2.0 chairman Maria Chin Abdullah will contest in the Petaling Jaya parliamentary seat as widely speculated.

Former two-term MP for Petaling Jaya Selatan Hee Loy Sian will now move to the Kajang state seat.

Elizabeth Wong, the assemblyman for Bukit Lanjan, will defend her seat in GE14.

PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin will defend her Ampang parliamentary seat.

Gan Pei Nei, the incumbent for the Rawang state seat, was dropped and replaced by Chua Wei Kiat.

Dr Wan Azizah announced this at the Kuala Selangor Stadium on Monday night (April 23).

A viral candidate list stated that Dr Wan Azizah would be contesting the Pandan parliamentary seat.

However, no mention was made during the announcement that she would be contesting in Pandan.

The Star reported that tensions have risen between Dr Wan Azizah and Azmin over the PKR candidate list for Selangor.

List of Selangor PKR candidates 

Parliament seats

Selayang: William Leong

Gombak: Azmin Ali

Ampang: Zuraidah Kamaruddin

Subang: Wong Chen

Petaling Jaya: Maria Chin Abdullah

Sungai Buloh: Sivarasa Rasiah

Kapar: Abdullah Sani

Kuala Langat: Xavier Jayakumar

Hulu Selangor: June Leow

State seats

Permatang: Rozana Zainal Abidin

Bukit Melawati: Sivamalar Ganapathy

Ijok: Idris Ahmad

Rawang: Chua Wei Kiat

Sungai Tua: Amiruddin Shaari

Gombak Setia: Hilman Idham

Bukit Antarabangsa: Azmin Ali

Lembah Jaya: Hanisza Talha

Kajang: Hee Loy Sian

Seri Setia: Najwan Halimi

Taman Medan: Syamsul Firdaus Mohamed Supri

Bukit Lanjan: Elizabeth Wong Keat Peng

Kota Damansara: Shatiri Mansor

Kota Anggerik: Shaharuddin Badarudin

Batu Tiga: Rodziah Ismail

Sementa: Daroyah Alwi

Pelabuhan Klang: Azmizam Zaman Huri

Sentosa: Dr Gunaraj George

Sungai Kandis: Shuhaimi Shafiee

Tanjong Sepat: Borhan Aman Shah

Paya Jaras: Mohd Khairuddin Othman