Zakaria Edris
Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd. Edris is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Libaran from May 2018 to November 2022, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a former member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), an official main component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and a former component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition also a former component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He also a former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and later joined BERSATU in 2019 until 2023.[1][2] In 2023, he officially became the member of Sabah People's Ideas Party (Gagasan Rakyat), the main component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) along with 7 other parties.
Zakaria Edris | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Libaran | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Juslie Ajirol (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Suhaimi Nasir (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 678 (2018) |
| State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah | |
| In office 2013–2018 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Musa Aman |
| Constituency | Gum-Gum |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Gum-Gum | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Arunarsin Taib (WARISAN) |
| Majority | 2,498 (2004) Walkover (2008) 2,357 (2013) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | Independent |
| 2019–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2004–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sabah, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2019–2023) Gagasan Rakyat (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018, aligned:since 2020) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (aligned:since 2020, member:since 2023) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Political career edit
In the 2018 election, UMNO fielded him to contest the Libaran parliamentary seat,[3] facing a new candidate Irwanshah Mustapa from the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and subsequently won.[4][5]
Election results edit
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P184 Libaran, Sabah | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 17,799 | 49.25%2 | Irwanshah Mustapa (WARISAN) | 17,121 | 47.37%2 | 37,091 | 678 | 77.74% | ||
| Alfian Mansyur (PHRS) | 1,223 | 3.38% | ||||||||||
| Notes: Table excludes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower. 2 Different % used for 2018 election. | ||||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N41 Gum-Gum, P184 Libaran | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 3,679 | 75.70% | Tan Mui Ling' (keADILan) | 1,181 | 24.30% | 5,069 | 2,498 | 55.26% | ||
| 2008 | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | Walkover | ||||||||||
| 2013 | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 5,548 | 61.37% | Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini (PKR) | 3,191 | 35.30% | 9,220 | 2,357 | 78.80% | |||
| Hassan Hami (STAR) | 301 | 3.33% | ||||||||||
Honours edit
- Malacca :
- Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2005)[10][11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr (15 March 2019). "Six Sabah reps who jumped from Umno get Bersatu cards". The Star. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Muguntan Vanar, Stephanie Lee and Natasha Joibi (12 December 2018). "Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
- ^ Poliana Ronnie Sidom (29 April 2018). "Pertukaran kerusi calon BN di Libaran dipersetujui awal" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Noorasvilla Muhamma (28 April 2018). "Pertembungan tiga penjuru di Libaran" (in Malay). Utusan Borneo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ Nandini Balakrishnan (10 May 2018). "Historic Win: The Complete Result Of GE14's Parliamentary Seats Across Malaysia". Says.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ . The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- ^ . The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
- ^ "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Malacca Governor's birthday honours list". The Star. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2018.