Johor polls: First candidate revealed, DAP's Sheikh Umar for Paloh

KLUANG: Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali has become the first candidate that has been officially announced to contest in the upcoming Johor polls.

The announcement was made by DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng at the Paloh Pakatan Harapan office here on Friday (Feb 4).

The former information, entrepreneurship development, cooperatives and creative economy committee chairman and Johor DAP Youth chief will be defending his Paloh seat.

In GE 14, Sheikh Umar won the Paloh seat with 8,958 votes against MCA's Teoh Yap Kun with 8,175 votes and independent candidate M. Shamugam with 61 votes.