Maszlee emerges favourite as Puteri Wangsa five-cornered contest sparks online debate
THE Puteri Wangsa state seat will witness a five-cornered fight in the 16th Johor state election, with Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Dr Maszlee Malik stealing the limelight.
Returning officer Zulkurnain Abdul Rahman confirmed the other four official candidates as Teow Chia Ling (Barisan Nasional), Rashifa Aljunied (Muda), Nicholas Paul Vincent (Parti Bersama Malaysia), and independent Wang Wee Siong.
On social media, the views are that Maszlee will win this seat, which is a Malay-majority constituency.
With Barisan Nasional fielding a non-Malay candidate, the mood online is that the PH candidate may have a better chance with Malay voters.
As Johor’s second-largest constituency with 128,723 voters – heavily driven by youth aged 18 to 29 – the seat was previously won by Muda’s Amira Aisya in 2022.
Following the assembly’s dissolution on June 1, a two-week campaign period will now lead up to early voting on July 7 and polling day on July 11.
User Khairul Fikri said this area is of mixed racial composition, and this is probably why PH has Dr Maszlee as a candidate.
Some users are teasing the PH candidate for past mistakes, such as the black shoe incident during his role as education minister under the Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad administration from 2018 to 2020.
Others are saying he called for the end of toll roads or that he was involved in other incidents, questioning why PH chose him as a candidate.
But overall, the mood is right for Maszlee as the debate turns into a religious affair.
For Luqman Al Hakim HN, the most important thing in the lineup is that the candidate is Muslim. If not Maszlee, then vote for Rashifa Al Junied.
Another user showed their preference for Bersama.
User Rashid Rashid said the Chinese voters in this seat are strongly in support of PH and if the Chinese community thinks of BN, they see UMNO Youth chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh. — June 27, 2026
Main photo credit: Bernama
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