JOHOR BARU: At least 19 of Johor Barisan Nasional’s (BN) line-up of candidates are fresh faces, while 31 are incumbents.
Several party veterans are also back to contest, including former Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, who has been fielded in Pasir Raja.
Meanwhile, caretaker Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi will defend his Machap state seat.
Another standout is Endau candidate Alwiyah Talib, who contested under the Barisan ticket in 2022 before switching to Bersatu and only rejoining Barisan several weeks ago.
Barisan is now fielding her again in the same seat.
Other veterans who have returned to contest include Datuk Abdul Halim Sulaiman, contesting in the Tiram seat, Mohd Youzaimi Yusof in Tenggaroh and Mohd Azahar Ibrahim in Tenang.
Of the 10 exco members, only nine were retained, with state women, family and community development committee chairman Khairin Nisa Ismail having been dropped.
The line-up was unveiled by Onn Hafiz, who is also Johor BN chairman, at the coalition's candidate announcement ceremony here on Wednesday (June 24).
Umno is contesting 37 seats, MCA 15 and MIC four.
The following is the full list of BN candidates for the 16th Johor state election:
1. N01 Buloh Kasap: Datuk Zahari Sarip (Umno)
2. N02 Jementah: See Ann Giap (MCA)
3. N03 Pemanis: Anuar Abd Manap (Umno)
4. N04 Kemelah: K.Raven Kumar (MIC)
5. N05 Tenang: Mohd Azahar Ibrahim (Umno)
6. N06 Bekok: Tan Chong (MCA)
7. N07 Bukit Kepong: Ahmad Syar'e Yusof (Umno)
8. N08 Bukit Pasir: Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh (Umno)
9. N09 Gambir: Sahrihan Jani (Umno)
10. N10 Tangkak: Haw Chin Teck (MCA)
11. N11 Serom: Nadhirah Afiqah Abdull Rahim (Umno)
12. N12 Bentayan: Chua Lee Huat (MCA)
13. N13 Simpang Jeram: Datuk Azman Ismail (Umno)
14. N14 Bukit Naning: Mohd Ghazali Sabari @ Atan (Umno)
15. N15 Maharani: Datuk Ashari Md Sarip (Umno)
16. N16 Sungai Balang: Selamat Takim (Umno)
17. N17 Semerah: Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid (Umno)
18. N18 Sri Medan: Datuk Zulkurnain Kamisan (Umno)
19. N19 Yong Peng: Ling Tian Soon (MCA)
20. N20 Semarang: Datuk Samsolbari Jamali (Umno)
21. N21 Parit Yaani: Datuk Mohamad Najib Samuri (Umno)
22. N22 Parit Raja: Nor Rashidah Ramli (Umno)
23. N23 Penggaram: Boo Chin Liong (MCA)
24. N24 Senggarang: Mohd Yusla Ismail (Umno)
25. N25 Rengit: Zaidi Japar (Umno)
26. N26 Machap: Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi (Umno)
27. N27 Layang-Layang: Chua Jian Boon (MCA)
28. N28 Mengkibol: Yap Zhi Peng (MCA)
29. N29 Mahkota: Syed Hussien Syed Abdullah (Umno)
30. N30 Paloh: Lee Ting Han (MCA)
31. N31 Kahang: V.Rugendran (MIC)
32. N32 Endau: Alwiyah Talib (Umno)
33. N33 Tenggaroh: Mohd Youzaimi Yusof (Umno)
34. N34 Panti: Dr Muhammad Naqib Md Ghazali (Umno)
35. N35 Pasir Raja: Datuk Seri Adham Baba (Umno)
36. N36 Sedili: Muszaidee Makmor (Umno)
37. N37 Johor Lama: Norliza Noh (Umno)
38. N38 Penawar: Fauziah Misri (Umno)
39. N39 Tanjung Surat: Aznan Tamin (Umno)
40. N40 Tiram: Datuk Abdul Halim Suleiman (Umno)
41. N41 Puteri Wangsa: Teow Chia Ling (MCA)
42. N42 Johor Jaya: Chan San San (MCA)
43. N43 Permas: Baharudin Mohamed Taib (Umno)
44. N44 Larkin: Mohd Hairi Mad Shah (Umno)
45. N45 Stulang: Bong Seng Heng (MCA)
46. N46 Perling: P.Pannir Selvam (MIC)
47. N47 Kempas: Datuk Ramlee Bohani (Umno)
48. N48 Skudai: Tan Hiang Kee (MCA)
49. N49 Kota Iskandar: Datuk Pandak Ahmad (Umno)
50. N50 Bukit Permai: Datuk Mohd Jafni Md Shukor (Umno)
51. N51 Bukit Batu: R.Kumaran (MIC)
52. N52 Senai: Tai Chee Chee (MCA)
53. N53 Benut: Datuk Mohd Sumali Reduan (Umno)
54. N54 Pulai Sebatang: Hasrunizah Hassan (Umno)
55. N55 Pekan Nanas: Tan Eng Meng (MCA)
56. N56 Kukup: Md Israk Abdullah (Umno)
