Perikatan Nasional unveils candidates for Kelantan polls

KOTA BARU: Perikatan Nasional is set to contest at all 45 state seats in the Kelantan state legislative assembly with Pas having the most candidates.

When making the announcement on Thursday (July 27) night, Kelantan Perikatan chairman Datuk Ahmad Yakob said Pas would field 39 candidates.

As for Bersatu, the Kelantan Mentri Besar said the party was set to contest at six seats.

The seats Pas would be contesting at were Pengkalan Kubor, Kelaboran, Pasir Pekan, Wakaf Bharu, Kijang, Chempaka, Panchor, Tanjong Mas, Kota Lama, Bunut Payong, Tendong, Pengkalan Pasir, Meranti, Chetok, Gual Periok, Apam Putra, Salor, Pasir Tumboh, Demit, Tawang, Pantai Irama, Jelawat, Melor, Kadok, Bukit Panau, Kemahang, Selising, Limbongan, Semerak, Gaal, Pulai Chondong, Temangan, Kemuning, Kuala Balah, Mengkebang, Guchil, Manek Urai, Dabong, Galas.

Bersatu, on the other hand, was gunning on Kok Lanas, Gual Ipoh, Bukit Bunga, Ayer Lanas, Nenggiri, and Paloh seats.

"In total, out of all the candidates, 51.11% or 23 of them consist of new faces. This is a historic moment in Kelantan (for introducing many first-time candidates).

"All of our candidates come from various backgrounds such as Ulama, technocrats, professionals and women," he said at Dataran Warisan Stadium Sultan Muhammad IV here on Thursday.

Below is the list of candidates for Perikatan in Kelantan:

N01 Pengkalan Kubur - Wan Roslan Wan Hamat

N02 Kelaboran - Mohd Adanan Hasan

N03 Pasir Pekan - Ahmad Yakob

N04 Wakaf Bharu - Mohd Rusli Abdullah

N05 Kijang - Dr Izani Husin

N06 Chempaka - Nik Baharum Nik Abdullah

N07 Panchor - Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah

N08 Tanjung Mas - Rohani Ibrahim

N09 Kota Lama - Zamri Ismail

N10 Bunut Payong - Shaari Mat Yaman

N11 Tendong- Rozi Muhamad

N12 Pengkalan Pasir - Mohamad Nasrif Daud

N13 Meranti - Mohd Nassuruddin Daud

N14 Chetok - Zuraidin Abdullah

N15 Gual Periuk - Kamaruzaman Mohamad

N16 Apam Putra - Zamakhsari Muhamad

N17 Salor - Saizol Ismail

N18 Pasir Tumboh - Abdul Rahman Yunus

N19 Demit - Asri Daud

N20 Tawang - Harun Ismail

N21 Pantai Irama - Huzaimy Che Husin

N22 Jelawat - Zameri Mat Nawang

N23 Melor - Wan Rohaimi Wan Daud

N24 Kadok - Azami Mohd Nor

N25 Kok Lanas - Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi

N26 Bukit Panau - Abd Fattah Mahmood

N27 Gual Ipoh - Bahari Mohd Noor

N28 Kemahang - Md Anizam Ab Rahman

N29 Selising - Tuan Mohd Sarifuddin Tuan Ismail

N30 Limbongan - Nor Asilah Mohamed Zain

N31 Semerak - Norsham Sulaiman

N32 Gaal - Muhamad Rodzi Jaafar

N33 Pulai Chondong - Azhar Salleh

N34 Temangan - Mohamed Fadzli Hassan

N35 Kemuning - Ahmad Zahran Mohd Nor

N36 Bukit Bunga - Mohd Almidi Jaafar

N37 Ayer Lanas - Kamaruddin Md Nor

N38 Kuala Balah - Abdul Hadi Awang Kechik

N39 Mengkebang - Zubir Abu Bakar

N40 Guchil - Hilmi Abdullah

N41 Manek Urai - Mohd Fauzi Abdullah

N42 Dabong - Ku Zaki Ku Husin

N43 Nengiri - Mohd Azizi Abu Naim

N44 Paloh - Shaari Mat Hussain

N45 Galas - Mohd Tarmizi Abd Rahman