GEORGE TOWN: Gerakan, a component of the Perikatan Nasional coalition, plans to contest 13 seats in the upcoming Penang state polls.
Penang Gerakan chairman Oh Tong Keong said the state seats that the party would contest were Pulau Tikus, Pantai Jerejak, Kebun Bunga, Padang Kota, Batu Lanchang while the eight others would be decided later.
"As of now we are still under negotiations to identify the candidates and the state seats to contest. We might contest more than 13 seats, but it will all depend on the negotiations," he told reporters here, on Sunday . He added that the negotiations were 95 percent complete and that the party is pursuing further discussions as there were still some seat negotiation issues to be looked into.Penang has 40 state seats and in the 14th General Election , Pakatan Harapan won 37, including two by Bersatu candidates, while Barisan Nasional won two, and PAS managed one. Bersatu used to be with PH but now is the lynchpin of Opposition coaltion PN, which includes PAS.
Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow recently announced that the State Legislative Assembly will be dissolved on June 28 to pave the way for the state polls.- Bernama
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