Awang Azman said the Tiram seat, for instance, will test how far the Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) new candidate – Nor Zulaila Abdul Ghani – can retain the party’s traditional support in the constituency. DAP is a PH component party.
In the 2022 state polls, 21 of the 56 seats had changed hands, in what local news outlet Malay Mail reported to be a wave that wiped out PH’s 2018 breakthrough and handed BN a commanding comeback.
The 21 constituencies include Pemanis, Kemelah, Tenang, Gambir, Parit Yaani and Maharani.
The 21 seats that sit on the volatile border between BN’s rural strongholds and PH’s urban bases are shaping up to be the battlegrounds that decide the next state government, reported Malay Mail.
The Gambir seat, which was once won by Bersatu president and former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin under the PH banner, reverted to BN in 2022. Meanwhile, BN flipped the Parit Yaani seat after unseating Johor PH chairman Aminolhuda Hassan.
Analysts also highlighted the Puteri Wangsa seat to be one of the most closely watched contests, as it will measure whether youth politics still has its own appeal or whether the support has returned to PH, BN or PN.
It is currently held by Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz of MUDA, in what the party has described to be a special place in its history as it was where it secured its first electoral victory in 2022.
Amira, who is the party’s president, has announced that she will not defend the state seat, with newcomer Rashifa Aljunied named as MUDA’s candidate instead.
Originally allocated to Amanah, the seat was loaned to MUDA under a political agreement during the 2022 Johor election. Currently, Rashifa is set to face PH’s Maszlee and BN’s Teo Chia Ling. Bersama has said that it will field a candidate there.
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