{
  "id": 17329891,
  "title": "Setpol PM berdepan saingan 3 penjuru di Paya Rumput",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/setpol-pm-berdepan-saingan-3-penjuru-di-paya-rumput",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T02:56:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/10/31/setpol-pm-berdepan-saingan-3-penjuru-di-paya-rumput"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Azman Abidin from PKR faces three opponents in Paya Rumput for the PRN Melaka 14 Nov. Azman, who is the chief of staff for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, is contesting the seat for the first time and will face candidates from Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Bersatu. Paya Rumput is traditionally a stronghold of the Barisan Nasional (BN) bloc, although it changed hands when PH won it in 2018 with 61% Malay voters, 30% Chinese, and 6% Indian. In the 2021 general election, Umno candidate Rais Yasin won the seat with a 629-vote majority in a five-way contest. Rais, who is the deputy chief of state, will be contesting again in Sungai Udang.",
  "summary": "Azman Abidin, yang pertama kali bertanding, bersaing dengan Rafie Ahmad daripada PN dan Abdul Rashid Abu Bakar daripada Bersama bagi merebut kerusi tradisi disandang Umno.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Melaka polls: Sanusi turns up to back Pas candidate in Paya Rumput",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/melaka-polls-sanusi-turns-up-to-back-pas-candidate-in-paya-rumput",
        "published": "2026-10-31T02:09:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "Politics : Melaka Polls: PH's Azman Abidin Faces Three-cornered Fight In Paya Rumput",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/politics-melaka-polls-phs-azman-abidin-faces-three-cornered-fight-in",
        "published": "2026-10-31T02:40:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "Melaka PRN: PM’s polsec faces three-way contest in Paya Rumput",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/melaka-prn-pms-polsec-faces-three-way-contest-in-paya-rumput",
        "published": "2026-10-31T03:22:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "Rural, urban or both? PM’s pol sec Azman Abidin says Paya Rumput needs a bit of everything",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/rural-urban-or-both-pms-pol-sec-azman-abidin-says-paya-rumput-needs-a",
        "published": "2026-10-31T07:24:22.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}