His qualifying nomination is from Balik Pulau Umno Youth division in Penang, while he picked up his 40th nomination from his home state of Tanjung Karang.
He has subsequently gained a few more with the latest count being 43 nominations.
Khir Toyo, a dark horse in the race, will be facing frontrunner Mukhriz Mahathir, son of former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Khairy Jamaluddin, son-in-law of outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.Khairy, who many initially thought was the man to beat, qualified for the contest only yesterday while Mukhriz sprung a surprised by qualifying soon after the 191 Umno Youth divisions began meeting earlier this month.
About two-thirds of the Youth division have already met and decided on their nominations.Potential candidates need at least 39 nominations to qualify for the contest for the Youth wing chief.
Proxy Fight
The post has been vacated by outgoing chief Hishammuddin Hussein, who is seeking a higher post in the ruling party - he is leading in the fight for one of the three vice-president posts.
Observers has called the Mukhriz-Khairy contest a proxy fight as the current premier is at odds with his predecessor, Mahathir.
Mukhriz has 66 nominations while Khairy has 47.
Meanwhile, Reezal Merican Naina Merican is intensifying his bid in the contest for deputy Youth chief.
Reezal, who has recently been appointed political secretary to the prime minister, has notched up 58 nominations, while frontrunner Razali Ibrahim has 77 nominations.
Opined here KT will surpass KJ in nominations n wl b the new UMNO Youth Head.Think both Najob n Muhyiddin prefer to hv KT s Youth Head as against MM or KJ.
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