5-cornered fight in Puteri Wangsa, 3 to vie for Bukit Kepong

JOHOR BAHRU: The Puteri Wangsa seat will see a five-cornered contest, featuring former education minister Maszlee Malik, of Pakatan Harapan, and an independent, among others.

Maszlee, who is among the prominent names contesting in the July 11 Johor state election, will go up against Teow Chia Ling of Barisan Nasional, Rashifa Aljunied of Muda, Nicholas Paul Vincent of Bersama, and independent candidate Wang Wee Siong.

Muda won the seat in the last state election in March 2022 with a 7,114-vote majority in a six-cornered fight.

Meanwhile, the Machap seat will see a straight fight between Johor BN chief Onn Hafiz Ghazi and PH’s Nur Hafiz Roslan.

Onn Hafiz is defending the seat, which he won in the last state polls with a 6,543-vote majority in a four-cornered contest.

The Bukit Kepong seat will see a three-cornered fight among PH, BN and Perikatan Nasional.

PN’s Dr Sahruddin Jamal, who will defend the seat he first won in 2018, will face BN’s Ahmad Syarie Yusof and PH’s C Subramani.

Polling will take place on July 11, with early voting fixed for July 7.