KOTA BARU, July 8 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) will contest seven seats in the state elections in Kelantan next month.

The state leadership council (MPN) deputy chairman Syed Mohd Alidustur Syed Mohd Zain said the seven seats are Panchor, Chetok, Mengkebang, Pasir Pekan, Kota Lama, Pasir Tumboh and Limbongan.

"Following that, Kelantan PKR has been instructed to open the Main Operations Room (BGU) in the seven DUNs that we will contest,” he told reporters after the launch of the party’s election machinery and BGU for Panchor here last night.

Syed Mohd Alidustur, who is also the head of PKR’s Pengkalan Chepa division, further said that as part of the unity government, Kelantan PKR will support Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah) and Barisan Nasional (BN) candidates who will contest in the election.

"The Kelantan PKR BGU is only open in the constituencies we are contesting. In the areas where there is no PKR candidate, we will fully support the parties in the unity government which will be contesting them,” he said.

Kelantan Umno information chief Datuk Zawawi Othman previously reported that BN would contest 31 seats while PH, which includes PKR and Amanah, will contest 14 other seats. The Kelantan state assembly has 45 seats

Kedah, Kelantan, Terengganu, Penang, Selangor and Negeri Sembilan will go to the polls on August 12, with nomination day set on July 29 and early voting on August 8.

Meanwhile, Kelantan Amanah chairman Muhammad Husain, when contacted by Bernama, said his party had been informed by the PH central leadership that Amanah would contest in six of the seven seats requested by it.

Muhammad who is also Kelantan PH chairman, said the six seats are Tawang in the Bachok parliamentary constituency, Demit (Kubang Kerian), Kadok (Ketereh), Pengkalan Pasir (Pasir Mas), Bukit Panau (Tanah Merah) and Tanjong Mas (Kota Bharu).

He said another seat is still awaiting the decision of the PH central leadership.

"Amanah has identified candidates who are eligible to be fielded in the seats concerned, candidates involving various backgrounds such as businessmen, lawyers and retired teachers,” he said. — Bernama