BARISAN Nasional (BN) will deploy its entire machinery to help its candidate win in the Kemaman by-election on December 2, Terengganu Umno chairman Ahmad Said said.

He said if each division looked after their respective areas and worked hard, it would not be impossible to cause an upset.

“As party members we have to be strong and focus on winning because we have put forward the best and most suitable candidate for the people of Kemaman,” he said when speaking at the ceremony to introduce BN’s candidate and launch the Kemaman by-election machinery tonight.

BN chairman Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had previously named former defence force chief Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor, 66, as the party’s direct candidate for the Kemaman by-election.

Meanwhile Raja Mohamed Affandi, when met, said it was not impossible for BN to recapture the parliamentary seat, which has been held by PAS for the past two terms.

“It is not impossible to win this seat if we work on it together. And we can see from the enthusiasm (of the machinery) that we have, we will be able to do this, we will be able to capture this P040 seat,” he said.

The by-election is being held following the decision of the Terengganu Election Court on September 26 to annul the victory of PAS’ Che Alias Hamid, with the Election Commission setting Saturday for nomination, November 28 for early voting and December 2 for polling.

In the November polls last year, Ahmad, who represented BN, lost to Che Alias from PAS with a majority of 27,179 votes. PAS made a clean sweep of all 14 parliamentary seats in Terengganu. – Bernama, November 16, 2023.