Ruling partners Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional will both contest all 56 seats, alongside 60 other candidates in a crowded 14-day race
More than a dozen parties and six independents were cleared on nomination day, producing 14 straight fights, 27 three-cornered contests, 12 four-cornered battles and three five-way races. The Election Commission said no applications were rejected statewide during nominations, which closed at 10am after candidates filed papers at 56 centres across Johor.
BN and PH sit together in Anwar’s unity government in Putrajaya, but in Johor they are contesting every seat against each other, turning a state poll into a controlled fight between federal partners.