Former four-term Padang Rengas MP wants PN to ‘find another seat’.
Key takeaways
Nazri, former UMNO supreme council member and ex-ambassador to the US, wants to contest Padang Rengas again, a seat traditionally held by BN, despite it currently being held by Wawasan's Azahari Hasan.
- Nazri served as Padang Rengas MP for four terms (2004‑2022) and is now UMNO division head there.
- He announced retirement in 2021 to allow younger leaders, but now seeks to run again after his ambassadorship.
- The seat has been held by UMNO since 1974, but BN candidate Arrif Abdul Majid lost to Azahari by 3,046 votes in GE15.
Summarised automatically by AI from the original article by Free Malaysia Today. AI can make mistakes, so check the original for details.
Nazri Aziz represented Padang Rengas as MP for four terms from 2004 to 2022. (Bernama pic)PETALING JAYA: Former Padang Rengas MP Nazri Aziz is looking to contest the seat again in the 16th general election (GE16).
The former Umno supreme council member, who represented the constituency for four terms from 2004 to 2022, insisted that the seat had traditionally been contested by Barisan Nasional (BN).
Nazri, who still heads the Umno division there, said he wanted to represent the constituency again after completing his tenure as Malaysia’s ambassador to the US.
Although the seat is currently held by Wawasan’s Azahari Hasan, it has been represented by an Umno MP since the federal constituency was created in 1974.
