PENANG, Feb 24 (Bernama) -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi is in a straight fight with a Pas candidate in defending his Kepala Batas parliamentary seat in the March 8 general election.
His opponent is independent missionary Subri Mohd Arshad, who in the 2004 general election lost to the Barisan Nasional's (BN) Datuk Azhar Ibrahim in the Penaga state seat within the Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency.
For Abdullah, who is BN chairman, this is the eighth time he is seeking re-election to the seat he has held since the 1978 general election.In the 2004 polls, Abdullah defeated by 18,122 votes Pas committee member Abdul Khalid Rasid who had been his opponent since the 1999 election.
Abdullah, leading… MORE BERNAMA'S HERE
UNDI INFO: PENANG: P41 – Kepala Batas
His opponent is independent missionary Subri Mohd Arshad, who in the 2004 general election lost to the Barisan Nasional's (BN) Datuk Azhar Ibrahim in the Penaga state seat within the Kepala Batas parliamentary constituency.
For Abdullah, who is BN chairman, this is the eighth time he is seeking re-election to the seat he has held since the 1978 general election.In the 2004 polls, Abdullah defeated by 18,122 votes Pas committee member Abdul Khalid Rasid who had been his opponent since the 1999 election.
Abdullah, leading… MORE BERNAMA'S HERE
UNDI INFO: PENANG: P41 – Kepala Batas
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