State polls: Amanah to contest three seats in T'ganu

KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) intends to contest three state seats - Tepuh, Batu Buruk and Ru Rendang - in next month's state elections.

Its secretary Muzahar Hitam said the decision was made following a meeting between the Amanah Nasional and the state Amanah Election Committee on Tuesday (July 18).

“Based on the meeting, the state Amanah is also ready to contest the Bandar state seat to help Barisan Nasional (BN) win the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary seat,” he said in a statement Wednesday (July 19).

Muzahar said several state seats were still in the final discussion between the party’s top leaders.

In the 14th General Election (GE14), PAS candidates won in all three seats. These incumbents retained their victory from GE13.

In GE14, Hishamuddin Abdul Karim won the Tepuh state seat with a majority of 2,717 votes, Muhammad Khalil Abdul Hadi secured the Batu Buruk seat (by a majority of 5,288 votes) and caretaker mentri besar Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar won the Ru Rendang seat with a majority of 6,028 votes.

PAS also won the Bandar seat through Ahmad Shah Muhamed with a majority of 2,091 votes.

The elections in six states, namely Terengganu, Kelantan, Kedah, Selangor, Penang and Negri Sembilan will be held simultaneously on Aug 12, with Terengganu also scheduled to hold the Kuala Terengganu parliamentary by-election on the same date. - Bernama