State polls: Perikatan to finalise seat distribution next week

MARANG: Perikatan Nasional will finalise its seat distribution next week among its component parties for the six state elections due this year.

Terengganu Perikatan chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar said the presidential council would finalise it after obtaining the results of the discussion from the inter-party consultation committee.

"What I can say is that our discussions at the state level are going on well and the meeting will decide the number of seats that PAS, Bersatu and Gerakan will contest," the PAS vice-president told reporters here today (May 15).

Ahmad Samsuri, who is also Terengganu Mentri Besar, said Perikatan would also announce some big names from various political parties that will join the coalition early next month.

Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Terengganu and Kelantan must hold elections this year because they did not hold their state polls together in last year’s general election. - Bernama