IPOH: Perak DAP will be contesting eight parliamentary and 19 state seats in the upcoming 15th General Election (GE15).
DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke admitted that it was not easy to choose candidates to represent Pakatan Harapan (PH) in Perak as it has many calibre candidates
"We (DAP) have so many well-deserved names to be shortlisted as candidates but we will only contest in eight parliaments and 19 state seats.
"But this is a tradition of the election... some will be selected and some not. It does not mean that those who are not selected are not good. They still play important roles in the party and for the future," he said.
Loke said this when announcing the Perak DAP candidates who would be contesting in the GE15 at a hotel here, tonight.
He added that out of 19 state seats, eight of them (42 per cent) were young candidates aged below 40 and five of them are women.
During the announcement, Loke also said that Perak DAP is taking a bold decision by fielding a candidate in the Gerik parliamentary seat to defeat Barisan Nasional (BN).
"The top leadership has agreed to have an additional parliamentary seat which is in Gerik and we name Ahmad Tarmizi Mohd Jam to contest there," he said.
Perak DAP chairman Nga Kor Ming will be defending his Teluk Intan parliamentary seat and will also be contesting in the Kepayang state seat.
STATE SEATS
N17 Pokok Assam - Ong Seng Guan
N18 Aulong - Teh Kok Lim
N22 Jalong - Loh Sze Yee
N25 Canning - Jenny Choy
N26 Tebing Tinggi - Aziz Bari
N27 Pasir Pinji - Goh See Hua
N28 Bercham - Ong Boon Piow
N30 Buntong - M. Thulsi Thivani
N31 Jelapang - Cheah Poh Hian
N32 Menglembu - Chaw Kam Foon
N33 Tronoh - Tiw Tee Siang
N37 Pantai Remis - Wong May Ing
N38 Astaka - Jason Ng Thien Yeong
N41 Malim Nawar - V. Bavani
N42 Keranji - Koo Haai Yen
N55 Pasir Bedamar - Woo Kah Leong
N57 Sungkai - A. Sivanesan
N29 Kepayang - Nga Kor Ming
N56 Changkat Jong - Badrul Hisham Badarudin
PARLIAMENT
P54 Gerik - Ahmad Tarmizi Mohd Jam
P064 Ipoh Timor - Howard Lee
P065 Ipoh Barat - M. Kulasegeran
P070 Kampar - Chong Zhemin
P066 Batu Gajah - V. Sivakumar
P68 Beruas - Ngeh Koo Ham
P60 Taiping - Wong Kah Woh
P76 Teluk Intan - Nga Kor Ming