00:00A total of 103 candidates will contest the Negeri Sembilan State election across all 36 seats.
00:07Election Commission Chairman Ramlan Harun said both the government and opposition blocs are fielding candidates statewide.
00:15Pakatan Harapan is fielding 36, Barisan Nasional 25, Bersatu 24 and Perikatan Nasional 11.
00:23Parti Sosialist Malaysia, Parti Orang Asli Malaysia and Parti Berjasa are fielding one candidate each.
00:31Four independents are also contesting. Of the 103 candidates, nine are women.
00:37The election will feature 11 straight fights, 21 three-cornered contests, two-cornered contests and two five-cornered contests.
00:46Four-cornered fights will take place in Jeram Padang and Rahang while Nilai and Sri Tanjung will see five-way
00:53contests.
00:54The oldest candidate, Pakatan Harapan's Abdul Latif A. Tambi, age 70, will stand in Gemenche.
01:01The youngest, Bersatus M. Lee Vineshwaran, is 23 and will contest for the Sri Tanjung seat.
01:07A total of 889,490 voters are eligible to cast their ballots.
01:15Early voting will be held on July 28th with polling days set for August 1st.
01:21Amardeep Gill, FMT.
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