(From left) Sanusi Nor, Radhi Mat Din and Baddrol Bakhtiar will contest under the PAS ticket in the Kedah polls.

KUALA LUMPUR:

Caretaker menteri besar Sanusi Nor will defend his Jeneri seat in the Kedah state polls, with PAS contesting the lion’s share of the 36 state seats.

Apart from Sanusi, Perikatan Nasional will also be fielding former Harimau Malaya captain Baddrol Bakhtiar in Gurun, while former national midfielder Radhi Mat Din will stand in Alor Mengkudu.

The two former footballers will be contesting as PAS members.

PN, however, dropped four of its executive councillors in the previous government from the line-up.

They are Ku Abd Rahman Ku Ismail, Azman Nasrudin, Firdaus Ahmad and Dr Robert Ling, who were elected representatives for Guar Chempedak, Lunas, Kuah and Sidam, respectively.

Former executive councillors who will be defending their seats are Dr Hayati Othman (Tokai), Siti Aishah Ghazali (Merbau Pulas), Halimaton Shaadiah Saad (Bukit Kayu Hitam), Wan Romani Wan Salim (Bukit Pinang) and Najmi Ahmad (Kupang).

In total, PAS will field candidates in 21 seats, while Bersatu will contest in 12 constituencies. Gerakan will field three candidates.

Prior to the dissolution of the state assembly, PN held 20 seats.

Here are PN’s candidates for the Kedah state elections:

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