KUALA TERENGGANU, April 4 – The Terengganu Election Commission Office was today notified of the dissolution of the state legislative assembly last night. The speaker in the last assembly, Datuk Tengku Putera Tengku Awang(pic), handed the notice to the state EC director Fakhrul Razi Ab Wahab at Wisma Darul Iman here at 9.20 am.
The dissolution of the Terengganu state assembly was announced by Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Said at a function in Sura, Dungun, last night, after he had received the consent of the Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, at 8 pm.
Terengganu has 32 state seats and eight parliamentary seats.
In the last assembly, the Barisan Nasional (BN) held all but eight of the state seats. The eight were represented by PAS. PAS also held two parliamentary seats in Terengganu before the dissolution of the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.
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