JOHOR BARU: Johor Barisan Nasional (BN) will put up 45 per cent new candidates in the 14th General Election (GE14).
State BN chairman Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said out of the 20 Parliament seats won by the coalition on the 13th General Election only 15 incumbents had been retained, whereas of the 37 state seats garnered from the previous polls, 13 had been dropped.
Khaled himself will contest for the Permas state seat and the Pasir Gudang Parliament seat which he won in 2004 and 2008.
“Of the 20 Parliamentary seats that BN won in the last election, 15 incumbents have been retained, two have been dropped, one declined to contest, one have change constituency and one have change to a state seat.
“Of the 37 state seats that we won, 19 incumbents have been retained, 13 have been dropped, three have been moved to Parliamentary seats, two declined to contest and two candidates who lost in the last election had been picked again,” Khaled said in announcing the BN candidates list for the polls here today.
”37 of the candidates are new faces, representing 45.1 per cent of the total list, namely five for Parliamentary seats and 32 for the state seats,” said Khaled.
He said in GE14, UMNO would contest in 16 parliamentary and 35 state seats, MCA (eight parliamentary, 15 state seats), MIC (one parliamentary, four state seats) and Gerakan (one parliamentary, two state seats).
On the movement of elected representatives, he said three incumbent assemblymen would be contesting for the parliamentary seats, namely, Datuk Ayub Rahmat (Kemelah) to contest for the Sekijang parliamentary seat, Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (Pasir Raja) to contest for the Tenggara parliamentary and Ismail Mohamed (Bukit Kepong) to contest for the Pagoh parliamentary seat.
On the other direction, incumbent MP for Sekijang Anuar Manap moves to Kemelah state seat
Khaled also announced that Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique will be moved from her current Tenggara parliamentary to the Kota Tinggi parliamentary seat.
Incumbent MP for Tebrau Datuk Khoo Soo Seang declined to contest as were two assemblymen, namely, Puan Sri Azizah Zakaria (Parit Raja) and Asiah Md Ariff (Johor Lama).
“Two candidates who lost in the GE13 will be contesting, namely, Datuk Tan Cher Puk for Johor Jaya and Tan Chong for Bekok state seats respectively,” he said.
Khaled said of the 82 candidates contesting in the parliamentary and state seats, nine of them are from Wanita and one from Puteri wings respectively.
Meanwhile, new face Haliza Abdullah, who is Batu Pahat UMNO division Wanita chief, would be fielded to contest in the Batu Pahat parliamentary seat and Datuk Jason Teoh Sew Hock, who is Gelang Patah MCA chairman will vie for the Iskandar Puteri parliamentary seat.
For state seats, Johor UMNO youth chief Hahasrin Hashim will contest for the Panti seat; Johor UMNO Wanita chief Datuk Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain (Penawar); Gelang Patah UMNO division chief Mohammad Khairi A. Malek (Kota Iskandar) and Johor UMNO Puteri vice-president Nor Rashidah Ramli (Parit Raja).
Among the 15 incumbents to defend their respective seats are UMNO vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (Sembrong); Felda chairman Tan Sri Shahrir Abdul Samad (Johor Baru); Johor BN deputy chairman Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad (Mersing); Health Minister Datuk Seri S.Subramaniam (Segamat); MCA deputy president Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong (Ayer Hitam) and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said (Pengerang).
Kluang MCA chairman and former deputy minister of Youth and Sports Gan Ping Sieu, makes a comeback after he was nominated to contest for the Kluang parliamentary seat. Gan won the Mengkibol state seat in GE11 but lost in the same state seat in the GE12 and was not fielded in the GE13.
BN candidates for 56 Johor State Seats
Buloh Kasap: Datuk Zahari Sarip
Jementah: Chiam Yok Meng
Pemanis: Hoo Siaw Lee B
Kemelah: Anuar Abd Manap
Tenang: Mohd Azahar Ibrahim
Bekok: Tan Chong
Bukit Kepong: Mohd Noor Taib
Bukit Pasir: Datuk Noriah Mahat
Gambir: Datuk M Asojan Muniyandy
Tangkak: Goh Tee Tee
Serom: Datuk Abdul Rahim Talib
Bentayan: Lim Kim Heng
Simpang Jeram: Mohd Radzi Amin
Bukit Naning: Datuk Hassan Johari
Maharani: Datuk Ashari Sarip
Sungai Balang: Zaiton Ismail
Semerah: Mohd Ismail Roslan
Sri Medan: Datuk Zulkurnain Kamisan
Yong Peng: Ling Tian Soon
Semarang: Datuk Samsolbari Jamali
Parit Yaani: Soh Lip Yan
Parit Raja: Norashidah Ramli
Penggaram: Kang Beng Kuan
Senggarang: Zaidi Jaafar BN
Rengit: Ayub Jamil BN
Machap: Abd Taib Abu Bakar
Layang-Layang: Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Mengkibol: Chin Sim Lai
Mahkota: Datuk Md Jais Sarday
Paloh: Teoh Yap Kun
Kahang: R Vidyananthan
Endau: Alwiyah Talib
Tenggaroh: K Raven Kumar
Panti Hahasrin Hashim
Pasir Raja: Rashidah Ismail
Sedili: Rasman Ithnain
Johor Lama: Rosleli Jahari
Penawar: Datuk Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain
Tanjung Surat: Datuk Syed Sis Abdul Rahman
Tiram: Datuk Maulizan Bujang
Puteri Wangsa: Abdul Aziz Tohak
Johor Jaya Tan Cher Puk
Permas Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Larkin: Datuk Yahya Jaafar
Stulang: Ang Boon Heng
Perling: Wong You Fong
Kempas: Datuk Ramlee Bohani
Skudai: Datuk G S Kanan
Kota Iskandar: Mohammad Khairi A Malik
Bukit Permai: Ali Mazat Salleh
Bukit Batu: Teoh Lee Hoo
Senai: Shen Poh Kuan
Benut: Datuk Hasni Mohammad
Pulai Sebatang: Datuk Tee Siew Kiong
Pekan Nanas: Tan Eng Meng
Kukup: Datuk Md Othman Yusof