KELANTAN Umno intends to contest nine parliamentary seats and 35 state seats in the upcoming general election, says state liaison committee chairman Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub. 

He refused to comment further on the seats in question. 

“There is no need for me to mention the areas that we will be contesting in, and if someone out there says that Kelantan Umno has big ambitions, indeed, in a battle, we need to have big aspirations. God willing, we will achieve the target (of winning the contested seats).

“For the parliamentary seats, it is not impossible for us to set that target, considering the fact that in GE11, which was in 2004, we won nine parliamentary seats,” he said after launching the Kelantan Umno veterans’ machinery for GE15 near Pasir Mas today. 

Jazlan, who is also Machang MP, said Kelantan Umno is currently determining the list of potential candidates for the general election before handing it over to party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. 

“If possible, we want to highlight as many new faces as possible, while not marginalising existing leadership and old faces, because this combination is very important,” he said. 

Kelantan has a total of 14 parliamentary seats and 45 state seats. In the last general election, Kelantan Barisan Nasional won five parliamentary seats and eight state seats. – Bernama, August 31, 2022.