PENANG Barisan Nasional (BN) will announce the candidates of all BN component parties contesting in the state during the general election (GE) on Thursday. 

Penang BN chairman Musa Sheikh Fadzir said he will take the appointment letters after BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s announcement of national candidates in Kuala Lumpur tonight.

“I will collect the list of candidates who have been screened to contest for GE15 in Penang. We will announce the Penang BN candidates on November 3,” he told reporters in Bukit Mertajam today.

Musa Sheikh said there are no “parachute” candidates from other states who will contest in Penang this time, and that they are mostly new faces.

In 2018, the 13 parliamentary seats in the state were dominated by Pakatan Harapan, with DAP winning seven seats and PKR winning four. 

BN won the Kepala Batas and Tasek Gelugor parliamentary seats through Reezal Marican Naina Merican and Shabudin Yahaya from Umno. However, Shahbudin joined Bersatu in 2020. 

Polling day is on November 19, with nominations on Saturday and early voting on November 15. – Bernama, November 1, 2022.