Harapan to meet, finalise candidate tomorrow for Kuala Kubu Baharu polls

KKB BY-ELECTION | The Pakatan Harapan leadership will meet tomorrow to finalise its candidate for the Kuala Kubu Baharu by-election on May 11.

DAP national deputy chairperson Gobind Singh Deo said in the Harapan meeting to be held in Shah Alam tomorrow, several names will be proposed for consideration, including from the women's wing.

“We hope that the decision (to finalise the candidate) can be made soon, but for now, it's under discussion, and no decision has been made yet.

“...but as for which party will contest, that has been determined, and it is a unity government candidate from DAP,” the Selangor DAP chairperson said today.

Gobind, who is also digital minister, was speaking to the press at the #IkhlasMYNIC Sinari Ramadan, Raikan Syawal programme in which 48 individuals from 12 asnaf (underprivileged) families were taken shopping for the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

On Thursday, the Election Commission (EC) set polling day for the KKB by-election on May 11, while nominations and early voting day will be on April 27 and May 7, respectively.

The KKB seat became vacant following the demise of its incumbent, Lee Kee Hiong, from DAP, on March 21.

Lee, 58, who had been the Kuala Kubu Baru assemblyperson under the Hulu Selangor parliamentary constituency since 2013, had battled cancer for several years.

The KKB by-election is the seventh by-election to be held after the 15th general election in 2022.

The electoral roll for the KKB by-election comprises a total of 40,226 registered voters consisting of 39,362 regular voters, 625 police personnel, 238 military personnel and spouses, and one absentee voter residing abroad.

- Bernama

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