GE14: EC receives 2,333 nomination forms
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PUTRAJAYA, April 28 (Bernama) -- The Election Commission (EC) received 2,333 nomination forms for the 14th General Election (GE14) during the one-hour nomination period which took place from 9am today.
EC chairman Tan Sri Mohd Hashim Abdullah said out of the total, 687 forms were for the 222 parliamentary seats and 1,646 for the 505 state seats.
During the nomination period, 11 nomination forms were rejected for various reasons, involving three parliamentary seats and eight state seats," he said in a statement here.
He also confirmed that Negri Sembilan Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan of BN won the Rantau state seat unopposed. This was after PKR candidate Dr S. Streram was prevented from entering the nomination centre for failing to bring along his EC candidate's pass.
An independent candidate, K.Kanafatty also withdrew his nomination for the Skudai state seat during the nomination period, he said.
Mohd Hashim said of the number of candidates nominated for parliamentary seats, 222 were from BN; 191 (PKR); 158 (PAS); 24 (Independent); Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) (17); Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah-HR (15); DAP (12); Parti Cinta Sabah (PCS) (eight); Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) (six);Parti Bersama Malaysia (MU) (five); Parti Reformasi Negeri (STAR) (five); Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) (four); and Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Solidariti) (three).
The Penang Front Party (PFP), the Sarawak Peace Party, Parti Anak Negeri Sabah, Parti Perpaduan Rakyat Sabah (PPRS), and Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) each had two parliamentary candidates.
In addition, Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia (Berjasa), Parti Cinta Malaysia (PCM), Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK), Parti Negara Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDSB), Parti Amanah Negara, People's Alternative Party (PAP) and Pertubuhan Perpaduan Rakyat Kebangsaan Sabah (Perpaduan) each had one parliamentary candidate respectively.
Mohd Hashim said for the state seats, 505 candidates represented BN, 448 (PKR), 393 (PAS), 54 (Independent), 45 (Warisan), 33 (PRM), 26 (HR), 20 (MU), 18 (PCS) and 16 (PKS).
PSM and Solidariti each had 12 candidates for state seats, PFP (11), PAP and Parti Anak Negeri Sabah each nine candidates, PPRS and STAR each eight candidates respectively, DAP (seven) and SAPP (five).
The United Sabah National Organisation (USNO) and Berjasa each had two state candidates, while PCM, Perpaduan and Amanah each had one candidate respectively.
Mohd Hashim said 30 parliamentary seats would witness a straight fight, 151 three-cornered 33 four-cornered, six five-cornered and two six-cornered fights.
For the state seat, a straight fight involving 40 seats, three-cornered (343), four cornered (80), five cornered (31), six cornered (nine), and seven cornered fights (one) were recorded, he said.
Mohd Hashim said for the parliamentary seats, a total of 612 candidates were male and 75 female candidates, while the state seats comprised 1,470 male and 176 female candidates.
He said the oldest candidate contesting the parliamentary seat in GE14 was 92 years old and for a state seat 78 years old, while the youngest candidate for the parliamentary seat was 22 years and state seat 23 years old.
The date for early voting is on May 5 while polling day is on May 9.
According to the fourth quarter electoral roll for 2017 which was gazetted on April 10, the number of voters was 14,940, 624, with the total number of male voters being 7,383,437 (49.42 per cent) and female voters 7,557,187 (50.58 per cent).
-- BERNAMA
