Perak Amanah to field over 50pct new faces for GE15

Perak Amanah will be fielding over 15 fresh faces in a total of 26 parliamentary and state seats that the party will be contesting in the 15th general election (GE15).

State Amanah chairperson Asmuni Awi told a presser today that the party will be contesting in six parliamentary constituencies and 20 state seats, an additional of two parliamentary seats and eight state seats from the previous election in 2018.

Asmuni said he will also be defending the Manjoi state seat, alongside Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin in Sungai Rapat and Yahaya Mat Nor (Pasir Panjang).

“We are fielding 12 new faces in the state seats and three new candidates in Larut, Bukit Gantang and Parit parliamentary seats,” he told reporters at Wisma Amanah Perak, Ipoh today.

Asmuni added that these new candidates will be fielded at seats previously contested by Bersatu - a former component party in Pakatan Harapan during GE14.

In addition, he said the party will also be featuring nine young candidates under the age of 40 for this election.

“The seats we have listed are based on seat division in GE14 and we are contesting in PAS’ traditional seats that they have contested before.

“We are confident that we will be able to achieve victory.”

The candidates are as follows:

Parliamentary seat

• Zolkarnain Abidin (Larut)

• Mujahid Yusof Rawa (Parit Buntar)

• Fakhruldin Mohd Hashim (Bukit Gantang)

• Ahmad Termizi Ramli (Kuala Kangsar)

• Nurthaqaffah Nordin (Parit)

• Mohd Hatta Md Ramli (Lumut)

State seat

• Mohd Saad Ismail (Pengkalan Hulu)

• Mohd Sabri Abdul Manaf (Kota Tampan)

• Razali Ismail (Selama)

• Mohd Nazri Din (Kubu Gajah)

• Muhammad Nakhaie Wahab (Titi Serong)

• Sheikh Khuzaifah Sheikh Abu Bakar (Gunung Semanggol)

• Ahmad Saqif Ansarallah Ahmad Jihbaz Mokhlis (Selinsing)

• Megat Shariffudin Ibrahim (Changkat Jering)

• Muhd Fadhil Nuruddin (Kamunting)

• Zaiton Latiff (Lubok Merbau)

• Asmuni Awi (Manjoi)

• Mohd Jamsari Mahamood (Manong)

• Mohd Ikhmal Mohd Iskandar (Belanja)

• Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (Sungai Rapat)

• Mohd Nazri Hashim (Ayer Kuning)

• Mohd Syamsul Alauddin (Kampong Gajah)

• Yahaya Mat Nor (Pasir Panjang)

• Ahmad Munzirie Ahmad Kabir (Rungkup)

• Muhaimin Sulam (Changkat Jong)

• Khairol Najib Hashim (Behrang)

In the 2018 national polls, Amanah won two parliamentary seats - Parit Buntar and Lumut - out of the four seats contested.

As for state seats, the party secured only six out of the 12 seats it contested.

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