Barisan Nasional (BN) has named acting Tanjung Malim Umno chief Mohd Zaidi Aziz as its candidate for the Slim state by-election scheduled for Aug 29.
The announcement on the selection of Mohd Zaidi, 43, was made by Perak BN chairman Datuk Saarani Mohamad, who is the coalition’s Slim by-election director at Felda Residence in Slim today.
The by-election is being held following the death of incumbent Datuk Mohd Khusairi Abdul Talib on July 15.
Nomination is on Saturday, Aug 15.
Saarani said nine candidates had been proposed to be fielded as the BN’s candidate for the by-election.
“All of them are qualified and of high calibre, but only one was finally selected, the best of the best,” he said.
In the 2018 general election, Khusairi defended the seat with a majority of 2,183 votes by defeating Mohd Amran Ibrahim of Bersatu, who contested under the PKR ticket, and Muhammad Zulfadli Zainal of PAS.
Perak has 59 state seats and BN has 25 seats, Bersatu (five), PAS (three) while DAP has 16, Amanah (five), PKR (three), independent (one) and Gerakan (one).