SEREMBAN (April 11): The Democratic Action Party (DAP) will defend its two parliamentary and 11 state legislative assembly seats in Negeri Sembilan at the 15th general election (GE15), said state party chairman Anthony Loke Siew Fook.
Saying that the matter has already been agreed upon by Pakatan Harapan (PH), he added: “There is no issue… we will contest the 11 (state) seats which we won in GE14.”
He told reporters this at the 18th Negeri Sembilan DAP Convention here today, which was also attended by party secretary-general Lim Guan Eng and Negeri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun, who is also the state PH chairman.
Asked if PH would register a candidate for the Jempol and Kuala Lumpur parliamentary seats, which are currently held by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia, Loke replied that the matter is being discussed.
At the GE14, the Negeri Sembilan DAP won the Seremban and Rasah parliamentary seats, while the 11 state seats it won included Chennah, Bahau, and Nilai.
Meanwhile, in Ipoh, the Perak Parti Amanah Negara intends to contest 20 state seats in GE15, said its deputy chairman Datuk Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin.
He said the party is holding joint talks with its partners from PH regarding the distribution of seats so that it could contest the 12 existing seats as well as the previous eight Bersatu seats.
“In Perak, there are 59 state seats and, previously, we divided them among four parties because we had Bersatu then. Now, there are only three after Bersatu left.
“We expect the ongoing discussions to be completed by the end of this month,” he told Bernama after the launch of the ‘Online Your Business Masterclass’ workshop by Amanah vice-president Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa in Rapat Jaya Tambahan, Ipoh today.
At the GE14, Perak Amanah contested four parliamentary seats and won two (Parit Buntar and Lumut), while it also won six state seats (Titi Serong, Kamunting, Manjoi, Sungai Rapat, Pasir Panjang, Behrang) from the 12 it contested in.
