Slim showdown: A guide to the personalities and issues in the fray

KINIGUIDE | The Slim by-election is set to see heavily-favoured Barisan Nasional candidate Mohd Zaidi Aziz take on independent Amir Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi.

Mohd Zaidi is from Umno, while Amir Khusyairi is backed by Dr Mahathir Mohamad's newly-formed Parti Pejuang Tanah Air.

However, the nominations today saw another independent candidate enter the fray making it a three-cornered fight.

There were two other aspiring independent candidates, but they were unable to submit their nomination papers in time.

Here is Malaysiakini's guide to the candidates in the Slim by-election...