Hours before nomination day as both BN and Pakatan Rakyat scramble to tie up loose ends, multiple fights are expected in at least three parliament and eight state seats.

NONE There is an increase in multiple contests in these seats due to dissatisfaction of incumbents who have been dropped from the list of candidates of various parties and the debut of BN-friendly Parti Cinta Malaysia in the election.

 

It is uncertain at this point if BN and Pakatan leaders have managed to appease their disgruntled members who have been dropped from their candidacy lists to ensure no internal sabotage during the 15-day campaign period which ends on May 5, polling day.

Despite the anticipation of nomination day where the election campaign proper begins full swing, hopeful candidates for both BN and Pakatan continue to lobby for seats to contest.

 

In Penang, several seats are yet to be resolved and may see three to six cornered fights once the Election Commission announces the official candidates contesting in the polls shortly after 10am today.

 

Hot seats in Penang

 

Parliament seats which may not see a straight fight include Batu Kawan (four-cornered fight), Tasek Gelugor (three-cornered fight) and Bagan (three-cornered fight).

 

Seven state seats are expected to face three corner fights are: Sungai Puyu , Bagan Jermal , Bukit Tambun , Teluk Ayer Tawar , Perai , Bukit Tambun and Sungai Acheh .

 

Machang Bubuk is so popular  that it may be contested by six candidates.

NONE In the BN, dropped candidates who have decided to enter the race as independents are BN coordinators A Mohan ( right ) (Batu Kawan) and Ooi Suan Hoe (Machang Bubuk) and former Tasek Gelugor MP Shariff Omar, with two loyal supporters who have threatened to contest as independents in Teluk Ayer Tawar and Sungai Dua.

 

Shariff, a former deputy chief minister of Penang, after declaring his decision to be a Pakatan-friendly candidate may be contesting under a PAS ticket.

 

Nine hours to nomination, PAS and PKR have yet to settle the issue of Sungai Acheh, which may see a three-cornered fight with Umno joining in.

                                

NONE PKR Machang Bubuk incumbent Tan Hock Leong ( left ) has also declared himself an independent candidate after being dropped from the party’s list.

Meanwhile, DAP announced its Penang candidates list at the party’s state headquarters in Jalan Rangoon yesterday afternoon.

 

Hours later, secretary-general Lim Guan Eng informed his 51 parliament and 103 state candidates across the country to use the party’s logo first during nomination, failing which they should use the PAS logo, following the Registrar of Societies (ROS) decision not to recognise the DAP central committee line-up who were elected in December last year.

 

One positive development is that both sides of the political divide have reminded their party supporters not to indulge in violence, urging them to stay calm and patient to allow the democratic process to go on smoothly.

Pre-nominations rally

 

While Pakatan held a mega-gathering with a 50,000 strong crowd at the Esplanade last night, where state PKR candidates line-up was declared, at a separate venue in Tanjong Bungah, state BN chief Teng Chang Yeow had reportedly accepted 200 DAP members into the BN fold.

 

In Permatang Pauh, Anwar addressed a smaller kampung crowd, explaining to them about ROS' decision not to recognise DAP’s central executive committee.

"This incident may backfire for the BN and instead turn to our favour," said Anwar.

Both coalitions will contest 13 parliament and 40 state seats: Gerakan (13), MCA (10), Umno (15), MIC (2), while DAP (19), PKR (16) and PAS (5).

 

Fourteen are Chinese and 10 Malay-majority seats, while 16 are mixed-state constituencies.

 

The likely candidates are:

 

P41 - KEPALA BATAS      

Reezal Merican Naina Merican (BN-Umno)

Afnan Hanim Taib Azimudden(OPP-PAS)

 

P42 - TASEK GELUGOR  

Shabudin Yahaya (BN-Umno)

Abdul Rahman Maidin (OPP-PAS)

 

P43 - BAGAN     

David Chua Teik Siang (BN-MCA)

Lim Guan Eng (OPP-DAP)

Lim Kim Chu (OPP-PCM)

 

P44 - PERMATANG PAUH             

Anwar Ibrahim (OPP-PKR)

Mazlan Ismail (BN-Umno)

 

P45 - BUKIT MERTAJAM               

Gui Guat Ley (BN-MCA)

Sim Chee Keong (Steven) (OPP-DAP)

 

P46 - BATU KAWAN        

N Gobalakrishnan (BN - GERAKAN)                           

Kasthuriraani A/P Patto (OPP-DAP)

Huan Cheng Guan (OPP-PCM

Mohan Apparoo (Independent)

 

P47 - NIBONG TEBAL      

Zainal Abidin Osman (BN - UMNO)            

Mansor Othman (OPP-PKR)

 

P48 - BUKIT BENDERA    

Teh Leong Meng (BN-Gerakan)

Zairil Khir Johari (OPP-DAP)

 

P49 - TANJONG

Ng Fong Kheng (BN - GERAKAN)                

Ng Wei Aik (OPP - DAP)       

 

P50 - JELUTONG               

Ng Fook Onn (BN-Gerakan)

Ooi Chuan Aun (Jeff) (OPP - DAP)          

 

P51 - BUKIT GELUGOR  

Teh Beng Yeam (BN-MCA)

Karpal Singh Ram Singh (OPP - DAP)          

 

P52 -BAYAN BARU

Tan Heap Seng (BN - MCA)

Sim Tze Tzin (OPP - PKR)

 

P53 - BALIK PULAU         

Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (OPP-PKR)

Hilmi Yahya (BN-Umno)

 

N1 - PENAGA     

Mohd. Zain Ahmad (BN-Umno)

Roshidi Hussein (OPP-PAS)

 

N2 - BERTAM                    

Shariful Azhar Othman (BN - UMNO)

Syed Mikhael Syed Rizal Aidid (OPP-PKR)

 

N3 - PINANG TUNGGAL

Roslan Saidin (BN - UMNO)          

Zakiyuddin Ahmad Abdul Rahman (OPP-PKR)

 

N4 - PERMATANG BERANGAN    

Omar Abd Hamid (BN-Umno)

Arshad Md Salleh (OPP-PAS)

 

N5 - SUNGAI DUA            

Muhamad Yusoff Mohd Noor (BN - UMNO)  

Zahadi Mohammed (OPP-PAS)

 

N6 - TELOK AYER TAWAR             

Jahara Hamid (BN-Umno)

Noorhayati Jaafar (OPP-PKR)

Name (Independent)

 

N7 - SUNGAI PUYU         

Sum Yoo Keong (BN-MCA)         

Phee Boon Poh (OPP-DAP)

Lim Seang Teik (OPP-PCM)   

 

N8 - BAGAN JERMAL      

Tan Chuan Hong (BN-MCA)

Lim Hock Seng (OPP - DAP)           

Lim Kim Chu (OPP-PCM)

 

N9 - BAGAN DALAM                      

M. Karuppanan (BN-MIC)

A. Thanasekaran (OPP-DAP)

 

N10 - SEBERANG JAYA  

Muhammad Nasir Abdullah (BN-UMNO)  

Afif Bahardin (OPP-PKR)

 

N11 - PERMATANG PASIR            

Anuar Faisal Yahaya – (BN-Umno)

Salleh Man (OPP-PAS)

 

N12 - PENANTI

Ibrahim Ahmad (BN-Umno)

Norlela Yusoff (OPP-PKR)

 

N13 - BERAPIT  

Lau Chiek Tuan (BN-MCA)

Lydia Ong Kok Fooi (OPP-DAP)

 

N14 - MACHANG BUBUK              

Tan Loke Heah (BN-Gerakan)

Lee Khai Loon (OPP-PKR)

Ooi Suan Hoe (Independent)

Tan Hock Leong (Independent)

Name (Independent)

Name (Independent)

 

N15 - PADANG LALANG

Tan Teik Cheng (BN-MCA)

Chong Eng (OPP-DAP)

 

N16 - PERAI        

Krishnan Letchumanan (BN - MIC)                            

P Ramasamy (OPP-DAP)

Ridwan Abdullah (Independent)

 

N17 - BUKIT TENGAH      

Teng Chang Yeow (BN-Gerakan)

Ong Chin Wen (OPP-PKR)

 

N18 - BUKIT TAMBUN   

Lai Chew Hock (BN-Gerakan)

Law Choo Kiang (OPP-PKR)

Huan Cheng Guan (OPP-PCM)      

 

N19 - JAWI          

Tan Cheng Liang (BN - MCA)                       

Soon Lip Chee (OPP - DAP)

 

N20 - SUNGAI BAKAP    

Mohd. Foad Mat Isa (BN-Umno)

Makhtar Shapee (OPP-PKR)

 

 

N21 - SUNGAI ACHEH    

Mahmud Zakaria (BN-Umno)

Badrul Hisham Shaharin (OPP-PKR)

Yusni Mat Piah (OPP-PAS)

 

N22 - TANJONG BUNGA               

Chia Kwang Chye (BN - GERAKAN)                            

Teh Yee Cheu (OPP-DAP)

 

N23 - AIR PUTIH               

Tan Ken Keong (BN-MCA)

Lim Guan Eng (OPP-DAP)

 

N24 - KEBUN BUNGA     

H’ng Chee Wey (BN-Gerakan)

Cheah Kah Peng (OPP - PKR)

 

N25 - PULAU TIKUS         

Rowena Yam (BN - GERAKAN)     

Yap Soo Huey (OPP - DAP)           

 

N26 - PADANG KOTA      

Oh Tong Keong (BN-Gerakan)

Chow Kon Yeow (OPP-DAP)       

 

N27 - PENGKALAN KOTA              

Loke Cheang Gin @ Loke Poh Chye (BN-MCA)

Lau Keng Ee (OPP-DAP)

 

N28 - KOMTAR

Loke Chye Teik (BN-MCA)

Liew Yeow Hooi (OPP-PCM)

 

N29 - DATOK KERAMAT

Ong Thean Lye (BN - GERAKAN)  

Jagdeep Singh Deo Karpal Singh (OPP - DAP)          

 

N30 - SUNGAI PINANG

Thor Teong Ghee (BN-Gerakan)

Lim Siew Khim (OPP-DAP)

 

N31 - BATU LANCANG   

Lee Boon Ten (BN-Gerakan)

Law Heng Kiang (OPP-DAP)

 

N32 - SERI DELIMA          

Low Joo Hiap (BN-MCA)

R.S.N. Rayer (OPP - DAP)

 

N33 - AIR ITAM

Loo Jia Sheng (BN - GERAKAN)    

Wong Hon Wai (OPP - DAP)         

 

N34 - PAYA TERUBONG

Koh Wan Leong (BN-MCA)

Yeoh Soon Hin(OPP - DAP)

 

N35 - BATU UBAN           

Goh Kheng Sneah (BN - GERAKAN)                           

T.Jayabalan (OPP - PKR)

 

N36 - PANTAI JEREJAK  

Wong Mun Hoe (BN - GERAKAN)

Rashid Hasnor (OPP - PKR)            

 

N37 - BATU MAUNG       

Abdul Malik Abul Kassim (OPP - PKR)         

Mansor Musa (BN - UMNO)

 

N38 - BAYAN LEPAS

Asnah Hashim (OPP-PAS)

Nordin Ahmad (BN-Umno)

 

N39 - PULAU BETONG    

Muhammad Farid Saad (BN-Umno)

Mohd Tuah Mohd Ismail (DAP-PKR)

 

N40 - TELOK BAHANG   

Abdul Halim Hussain (OPP - PKR)

Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain Shah (BN - UMNO)

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