Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Zakaria Edris
DMSM
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Libaran
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byJuslie Ajirol
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded bySuhaimi Nasir
(BN–UMNO)
Majority678 (2018)
State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah
In office
2013–2018
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterMusa Aman
ConstituencyGum-Gum
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Gum-Gum
In office
21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byArunarsin Taib (WARISAN)
Majority2,498 (2004)
Walkover (2008)
2,357 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019Independent
2019–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2004–2018Barisan Nasional
Personal details
BornSabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited 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)
OccupationPolitician

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.

Political career

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

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[6][7][8]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N41 Gum-Gum Zakaria Edris (UMNO) 3,679 75.70% Tan Mui Ling (PKR) 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%
Parliament of Malaysia[9]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 P184 Libaran, Sabah Zakaria Edris (UMNO) 17,799 49.25% Irwanshah Mustapa (WARISAN) 17,121 47.37% 37,091 678 77.74%
Alfian Mansyur (PHRS) 1,223 3.38%

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Poliana Ronnie Sidom (29 April 2018). "Pertukaran kerusi calon BN di Libaran dipersetujui awal" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ Noorasvilla Muhamma (28 April 2018). "Pertembungan tiga penjuru di Libaran" (in Malay). Utusan Borneo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. ^ Nandini Balakrishnan (10 May 2018). "Historic Win: The Complete Result Of GE14's Parliamentary Seats Across Malaysia". Says.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  7. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
  8. ^ "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  10. ^ "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Malacca Governor's birthday honours list". The Star. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2018.


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