The BN candidate for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary by-election will be announced on Aprl 15, said Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.

deputy prime minister muhyiddin yassin at sekolah menengah sains hulu selangor 020410 02 "The Prime Minister (Najib Abdul Razak) has decided on the candidate and told me about it. So, it will be announced on April 15," he was quoted by Bernama as saying this afternoon in Sepang.

Muhyiddin ( left ) said that God-willing, the candidate would be accepted by the constituents, but declined further comment on the candidate.

On the one-day visit by Najib to the Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency yesterday, Muhyiddin said Najib had told him that the 'mood' of the residents in the parliamentary constituency appeared to be good and 'it appears that the mood to come back and support the BN is more apparent'.

"So, we are hoping that there will be a change in momentum," he said.

The by-election for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency is being held following the death of the incumbent representative Dr Zainal Abidin Ahmad from PKR on March 25 due to brain cancer.

The Election Commission on Friday announced that the by-election for the Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency would be held on April 25 while nomination day would be April 17.