Kota Kinabalu: Incumbent Datuk Yakub Khan is defending the Karambunai seat in an 11-cornered fight. He is facing Ahmad Jais Otong, 51, from Parti Warisan, whom he beat in the previous state election by a close margin of 16 votes.
The list includes Datuk Arshad Idris, 75, from Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS), Datuk Dr Aliakhbar Gulasan, 53, from Parti Se-Islam Malaysia (PAS), and Datuk Stephen Teo, 63, from Star.
New faces also made their appearances such as Hates Abdul, 46, from Sabah Peace Party (SPP), Matkri Kassim, 60, from Parti Kebangsaan Sabah (PKS), Mohd Yonus Ibrahim, 59, from Parti Bumi Kenyalang, and Azman Fathil, 32, from Gemilang Anak Sabah, as well as Raynold Saikam Salinggou, 57, from Perpaduan.
Meanwhile, the Darau seat will see a six-cornered fight in which Azhar Matussin, 55, from Warisan will defend the seat.
The challengers are Datuk Mohamed Razali Mohamed Razi, 56, from GRS, Arfansyah Abdul Gafar, 38, from BN, Nabila Norsahar, 30, from Perikatan Nasional (PN), Meriah Osman, 41, from PIS, and Nordin A.H Thani, 66, from Kesejahteraan Demokrasi Masyarakat (KDM).
