PD polls: Multi-cornered fight as 7 candidates vie for seat (Updated)


PORT DICKSON: Seven candidates will be vying for the Oct 13 Port Dickson by-election after one of the eight candidates who filed their nomination papers at the Port Dickson Municipal Council hall here had his papers rejected.

The eight who turned up on nomination day on Saturday (Sept 29) are Pakatan Harapan's Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, PAS' Lt Col (Rtd) Mohd Nazari Mokhtar, Anwar's former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, former Negri Sembilan Mentri Besar Tan Sri Isa Samad,  social media personality Stevie Chan Keng Leong, Lau Seck Yan, Kan Chee Yuen and A. Rajendra.

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