It’s hot and crowded in Selangor
More than three parliamentary seats and numerous state seats witness three to six cornered fights in GE13
K Pragalath, FMT
Selangor has 21 parliamentary seats and 56 state seats. Of these there is one hot parliamentary seat – Shah Alam – and a litany of crowded parliament and state seats.
Shah Alam will see PAS’ Khalid Samad defending his seat against BN’s direct candidate, Zulkifli Noordin.
Khalid had defeated Umno’s Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin by polling 33,356 votes against Aziz’s 24,042 votes in 2008.
There are five three-cornered fights in Pandan, Gombak, Hulu Selangor Kelana Jaya and Tanjung Karang parliamentary seats.
The Pandan parliamentary seat, which was MCA’s sole seat, witnessed a three-cornered fight involving MCA’s Gary Lim, PKR’s Rafizi Ramli and former incumbent Ong Tee Keat’s aide, Allan Tan Yew Leng.
In 2008, Ong defeated Syed Shahir Syed Mohamud of PKR with a majority of 2,961 votes.
In Gombak, PKR deputy president Azmin Ali is defending his seat against Umno’s Raman Ismail and another independent, Said Naza Abu Bakar.
In GE12, Azmin Ali won Gombak with a majority of 6,867 votes. He defeated Said Anuar Said Ahmad with 40,334 votes against Said Anuar’s 33,467 votes. Azmin is also defending his Bukit Antarabangsa state seat against Umno’s Nadzim Ibrahim.
The Tanjung Karang parliament seat also witnessed a three cornered fight involving incumbent Noh Omar of Umno, PAS’ Rashdi Deraman and an independent, Herman Tino.
In Kelana Jaya, independent Toh Sin Wah made it a three-cornered battle involving MCA’s Loh Seng Kok and PKR’s Wong Chen.
Similarly in Hulu Selangor, there is a three-cornered fight involving MIC’s P Kamalanathan, PKR’s Khalid Jaafar and former Masterskill College chief executive officer, Edmund Santara who is an independent.
In Kota Raja, PAS’ Siti Mariah Mahmud is defending her seat as three others are also vying for the seat. They are MIC’s S Murugesan, Human Rights Party’s pro-tem secretary-general P Uthayakumar and Azmi Idrus. Both Uthayakumar and Azmi are contesting as independents.
In Subang, there is a five-way battle involving PKR’s R Sivarasa, MIC’s A Prakash Rao, Berjasa’s Mohd Ismail and two independents – Nazamuddin Ferdoos and Edros Abdullah.
Selangor Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim who represented Ijok previously is facing a one on one battle with Nasarruddin M Zin of Umno in Pelabuhan Kelang.
