Umno to contest 37 seats, MCA gets 15 in Johor polls

SHAH ALAM: Umno and MIC have announced candidates for the March 12 Johor polls while MCA will announce their line-up later.

State Barisan Nasional leader Hasni Mohammad however said it is not a complete list as MCA is still discussing their candidates.

"They are still discussing on the best candidates," he said on Facebook live while announcing the candidates.

Hasni also announced that he will be defending his Benut seat.

Umno will be contesting in 37 seats, MCA in 15 seats while MIC has been given 4 seats.

Earlier, BN chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said more than 70% of BN’s candidates would comprise new faces and most of them will be young.

He also said up to 80% of the candidates were aged 55 and below, with proper academic qualifications.

BN had said the majority of their candidates will be young candidates to woo the first-time Undi18 voters.

Johor has recorded an increase of almost 30 percent of voters, bringing the total of voters to 2.5 mil as compared to 1.8 mil during GE14 in 2018.

Nominations are on Feb 26, early voting on March 8 and polls on March 12.

Among thebig timers contesting in the polls are Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi (Rengit) and senator Jefridin Atan (Kukup).

Below is the full list of candidates for Umno and MIC:

N.01 Buloh Kasap: Datuk Zahari Sarip (UMNO)

N.02 Jementah: MCA

N.03 Pemanis: Anuar Abd Manap (UMNO)

N.04 Kemelah: Saraswathy (MIC)

N.05 Tenang: Haslinda Salleh (UMNO)

N.06 Bekok: MCA

N.07 Bukit Kepong: Ismail Mohamad (UMNO)

N.08 Bukit Pasir: Ir Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh (UMNO)

N.09 Gambir: Shahrihan Jani (UMNO)

N.10 Tangkak: MCA

N.11 Serom: Kharinnisa Ismail (UMNO)

N.12 Bentayan: MCA

N.13 Simpang Jeram: Datuk Lokman Md Dun (UMNO)

N.14 Bukit Naning: Datuk Md Fuad Tukirin (UMNO)

N.15 Maharani: Noor Farah Shamsudin (UMNO)

N.16 Sungai Balang: Mohd Helmy Abd Latif (UMNO)

N.17 Semerah: Mohd Fared Md Khalid (UMNO)

N.18 Sri Medan: Datuk Zulkurnain Kamisan (UMNO)

N.19 Yong Peng: MCA

N.20 Semarang: Datuk Samsol Bari Jamali (UMNO)

N.21 Parit Yaani: Datuk Najib Samuri (UMNO)

N.22 Parit Raja: Rashidah Ramli (UMNO)

N.23 Penggaram: MCA

N.24 Senggarang: Mohd Yusla Bin Ismail (UMNO)

N.25 Rengit: Dato’ Mohd Puad Zarkashi (UMNO)

N.26 Machap: Datuk Onn Hafiz Bin Ghazi (UMNO)

N.27 Layang Layang: Haji Mutalif Bin Rahim (UMNO)

N.28 Mengkibol: MCA

N.29 Mahkota: Datuk Sharifah Azizah (UMNO)

N.30 Paloh: MCA

N.31 Kahang: Vidyananthan Ramanadhan (MIC)

N.32 Endau: Yuzaimi Bin Md Yusof (UMNO)

N.33 Tenggaroh: Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (MIC)

N.34 Panti: Hahasrin Hashim (UMNO)

N.35 Pasir Raja: Rashidah Binti Ismail (UMNO)

N.36 Sedili: Muszaide Bin Makmur (UMNO)

N.37 Johor Lama: Noorliza Binti Noh (UMNO)

N.38 Penawar: Fauziah (UMNO)

N.39 Tanjung Surat: Datuk Syed Sis bin Abd Rahman (UMNO)

N.40 Tiram: Azizul Bin Bachok (UMNO)

N.41 Puteri Wangsa: MCA

N.42 Johor Jaya: MCA

N.43 Permas: Baharuddin bin Md Taib (UMNO)

N.44 Larkin: Md Hairi Md Shah (UMNO)

N.45 Stulang: MCA

N.46 Perling: MCA

N.47 Kempas: Ramli bin Rohani (UMNO)

N.48 Skudai: MCA

N.49 Kota Iskandar: Tn Haji Pandak Bin Ahmad (UMNO)

N.50 Bukit Permai: Datuk Md Jafny Bin Md Shukor (UMNO)

N.51 Bukit Batu: MIC

N.52 Senai: MCA

N.53 Benut: YAB Dato’ Haji Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)

N.54 Pulai Sebatang: Hasrunnizah Binti Hassan (UMNO)

N.55 Pekan Nanas: MCA

N.56 Kukup: Datuk Jefridin Bin Atan (UMNO)