00:00First, Rizwadi Ismail from PAS.
00:06Second, Amawi from Barisan National.
00:11It is a straight fight between Barisan National's
00:14Mohamad Azmawi Fikri Abdul Ghani
00:16and Mohamad Rizwadi Ismail of Perikatan National
00:19for the Nenggiri by-election.
00:21Both candidates were announced as eligible to contest
00:24by Nenggiri by-election returning officer Nick Raisnan Daud
00:29after the nomination process was completed on Saturday morning
00:32at Dewan Perdana, Complex Perdana,
00:35Guamusang District Council, Kelantan.
00:38This by-election is being held as the seat
00:41was declared vacant by Kelantan State Assembly Speaker
00:44Datuk Mohamad Ammar Nick Abdullah on June 19th
00:48following Mohamad Azizi Abu Naeem's expulsion
00:51from Bersatu on June 13th.
00:54In the 15th Kelantan State election last year,
00:57Mohamad Azizi contested under a PAS ticket
01:00and defeated Barisan National candidate Abdul Aziz Yusof
01:04by a majority of 810 votes.
01:07The Election Commission has set the polling day on August 17th.
01:11Early voting scheduled for August 13th
01:14will not be held as all 14 involved opted for postal voting.
01:18The electoral roll for Nenggiri State constituency
01:21has 20,259 electors
01:25comprising 20,245 ordinary voters
01:29and 14 police personnel.
01:32The state seat has been contested five times since 2004
01:35with four won by Barisan National
01:37and the most recent by Mohamad Azizi.
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