Rauf faces straight fight in bid for 2nd term at Tanjung Bidara
The Melaka Umno chief will face Pakatan Harapan’s Yunazri Mustamiri, who is one of the seven new faces PKR is fielding in the election.
Melaka's Chief Minister, Ab Rauf Yusoh, is facing a challenging re-election bid for the Tanjung Bidara assemblyman seat. The incumbent BN candidate and Melaka Umno chief is up against Pakatan Harapan's Yunazri Mustamiri, a PKR Youth deputy treasurer. The two candidates were announced by Tanjung Bidara returning officer Saifuddin Abdul Karim at a nomination center in Ayer Keroh.
No nominations were rejected, with Rauf submitting his papers at 9:03 am, followed by Yunazri at 9:08 am. Umno President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Selangor BN chief Megat Zulkarnain Omardin, and his deputy, Johan Abd Aziz, accompanied Rauf to the nomination center. Rauf won the seat in 2021 with a narrow margin of 364 votes over his closest rival, Wanita Bersatu chief Mas Ermieyati Samsudin. Yunazri is one of seven new faces fielded by PKR.
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