MCA to contest in 37 parliament, 90 state seats, 68 new faces
(Bernama) – MCA will contest in 37 parliament and 90 state seats in the May 5 general election. Sixty-eight of the 127 candidates are new faces.
A 25-year-old aspirant is the youngest contestant from the party, the second major component of the Barisan Nasional (BN).
The five female candidates fielded are also new faces.
MCA President Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said 19 or 51.3 per cent of the 37 candidates for Parliament seats were new faces while 49 contenders for the 90 state seats were also new faces.
MCA contested in 40 parliamentary and 90 state seats in the 2008 general election.
