KUALA LUMPUR: Discussions on the list of Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidates for the Melaka election are more than 95 per cent complete, said PH Communications director Datuk Seri Fahmi Fadzil.

Fahmi, who is also communications minister, said the coalition would announce its candidates on Oct 24, with the venue to be confirmed later.

"The candidates who will represent Pakatan Harapan will be announced on Oct 24. Discussions at the party level are now more than 90 to 95 per cent complete," he said as a guest on Bernama TV's Ruang Bicara programme today.

He said discussions on the candidate list began at the component party level, after which parties contesting particular seats could hold further discussions with other parties, if necessary.