Anuar Abdul Manap
Malaysian politician
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Anuar bin Abd Manap is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pemanis March 2022. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekijang from 2013 to 2018.[1] He is a member and the Deputy Division Chief of Sekijang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Malaysia's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
(PN–BERSATU)
(BN–UMNO)
(PH–PKR)
Anuar Abd Manap | |
|---|---|
| أنوار عبدالمناڤ | |
| Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Pemanis | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Chong Fat Full (PN–BERSATU) |
| Majority | 4,187 (2022) 8,380 (2026) |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sekijang | |
| In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Baharum Mohamed (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Natrah Ismail (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 3,007 (2013) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anuar bin Abd Manap 30 December 1976 |
| Citizenship |  Malaysia |
| Party |  United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) |
Other political affiliations |  Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Spouse | Zaleha Yahya |
| Children | 4 |
| Occupation | Politician |
Early days
He was born in Kampung Layang-layang, Kluang, Johor on 30 December 1976. His family later moved to Felda Pemanis, Segamat, Johor and he was raised there.
Education
Anuar started studying at Felda Pemanis LKTP Primary School in 1982. He then went to secondary school at Sekolah Menengah Arab Khairiah Gubah Segamat in 1988. In 1991, he continued to study form 4 at Sekolah Menengah Buloh Kasap Segamat.
In 1993, he entered the Sal Group Of Colleague for a Diploma in Information Technology course and subsequently to Charles Sturt University Australia in 1995 for Bachelor of Information Technology.
Politics
In the 2013 general election (GE13), he defeated People's Justice Party (PKR) candidate Julailey Jemadi with a majority of 3,007 votes to win the Sekijang parliamentary seat.
In the 2018 general election (GE14), he was chosen by UMNO as BN candidate to contest the Johor State Legislative Assembly seat of Kemelah which he had lost.
In the 2022 Johor state election, he won the Pemanis seat with a majority of 4,187.
Private life
He is married to Zaleha bt Yahya and Siti Nurasmah bt Osman, and raised 4 children.
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | N04 Kemelah | Anuar Abdul Manap (UMNO) | 8,481 | 42.83% | Sulaiman Mohd Nor (AMANAH) | 10,836 | 55.04% | 19,687 | 2,355 | 84.60% | ||
| 2022 | N03 Pemanis | Anuar Abdul Manap (UMNO) | 8,678 | 53.43% | Yoong Thau (PKR) | 4,491 | 27.65% | 16,241 | 4,187 | 54.28% | ||
| Uzzair Ismail (BERSATU) | 3,825 | 23.55% | ||||||||||
| Azita Amrin (PEJUANG) | 247 | 1.52% | ||||||||||
| 2026 | Anuar Abdul Manap (UMNO) | 14,506 | 68.12% | Jalex Lee En Xiang (PKR) | 6,126 | 28.77% | 21,295 | 8,380 | 70.96% | |||
| Arvientharan Anandan (MIPP) | 663 | 3.11% | ||||||||||
Honours
Malaysia
Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (2024)[9]
