Selangor polls: Amanah to contest eight seats

Amanah has confirmed it will contest eight seats in the Selangor state election next month.

Selangor Amanah chairman Izham Hashim said the eight seats were the state constituencies won by the party in the 14th General Election (GE14), namely Sabak, Meru, Pandan Indah, Hulu Kelang, Morib, Seri Serdang, Sungai Ramal and Taman Templer.

"We (parties in the unity government) already have our respective seats.

“In the current phase, we are open to swapping seats (with other parties in the Pakatan Harapan-BN alliance), but that (process) will be on mutual agreement.

"So far we have heard (regarding seat swapping) but there is nothing yet, we still have time... We don't just want to contest but also want to see if we can win at that place," he said.

Izham said this at a press conference after visiting the location of the Persiaran Mohktar Dahari road widening project in Puncak Perdana, Shah Alam, today.

He said the seat swapping based on mutual agreement is expected to be completed by the middle of next week.

Izham said the party is expected to field 50 percent of new faces and maintain a 30 percent quota for female candidates.

"Amanah candidates are expected to be balanced. I can't announce any names yet, but I can tell you there will be a combination of incumbents, new faces and old people who have been given a new lease of life," he said.

Voters in Selangor, Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Penang and Negeri Sembilan will go to the polls on Aug 12, following the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to hold simultaneous state elections in the six states.

When announcing this today, EC chairman Abdul Ghani Salleh said nominations would be held on July 29 and early voting on Aug 8.

The Selangor State Assembly has 56 seats.

- Bernama

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