JOHOR BARU: The contest for the Pulai parliamentary and Simpang Jeram state seats starts today (Aug 26) with nominations of candidates from 9am.
The Sultan Ibrahim Diamond Jubilee Hall here will serve as the nomination centre for the Pulai parliamentary by-election, while the similarly named hall in Muar will serve as the nomination centre for the Simpang Jeram state by-election.
Pakatan Harapan's candidate for Pulai is former Johor state assembly speaker, Suhaizan Kaiat, who also served as political secretary to the late Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub, the incumbent Pulai MP and Simpang Jeram assemblyman who died on July 23. Pakatan's defence of Simpang Jeram will be undertaken by the constituency's Amanah deputy chief, Bakri Nazri Abdul Rahman, who will take on Perikatan's Dr Mohd Mazri Yahya, an endovascular surgeon.
Based on the Election Commission's statistics, there are 166,653 registered voters, 165,799 ordinary voters, 927 police personnel and spouses and 26 overseas postal voters in the Pulai parliamentary constituency, while in Simpang Jeram state constituency, there are 40,379 registered voters, 40,373 ordinary voters and six overseas postal voters.
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