Gerakan eyes 4 seats in Negeri Sembilan

PETALING JAYA: Gerakan plans to contest four seats in the Negeri Sembilan state election, with Rahang and Lobak among those identified.

Party president Dominic Lau said the remaining two seats would only be confirmed after seat allocation talks within Perikatan Nasional are finalised, Sin Chew reported.

Lau said Gerakan would focus its limited resources on constituencies where it has a realistic chance of winning, based on campaign preparedness, the strength of its local divisions, and voter support.

“We have completed our preparations in Rahang and Lobak, including operations and logistics, and we are ready for the election,” he was quoted as saying after chairing the party’s central working committee meeting in Seremban today.

He said other PN component parties had also expressed interest in the same four seats, and hoped that formal seat negotiations would begin soon.

Gerakan contested six seats in the 2023 state election – Chennah, Chuah, Lobak, Temiang, Mambau and Luku – but did not win any.

The party’s last wins in Negeri Sembilan were in 2004, when it took the Senawang (now Seremban Jaya) and Bukit Kepayang seats, when it was with Barisan Nasional.

Negeri Sembilan will head to the polls on Aug 1. Nomination will take place on July 18, and early voting is set for July 28.