Jasnih Daya
Malaysian politician (born 1974)
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Jasnih bin Daya (born 15 September 1974) is a Malaysian politician who has served Chairman of Innoprise Plantations Berhad since February 2026, as well as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pantai Dalit since September 2020. He previously served as the State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Ministers Hajiji and Masidi Manjun from October 2020 to January 2023. He is a member of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition and formerly a member of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO), a branch of a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He quit Sabah UMNO to join GAGASAN on 21 February 2023.[1][2][3][4]
Jasnih Daya | |
|---|---|
| جاسنيه دايا | |
| Chairman of Innoprise Plantations Berhad | |
| Assumed office 5 February 2026 | |
| Governor | Musa Aman |
| Hajiji Noor | |
Managing Director | Kelvin Tan Aik Pen |
| Preceded by | Majin Ajing |
| State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah | |
| In office 8 October 2020 – 26 January 2023 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
Chief Minister | Hajiji Noor |
Minister | Hajiji Noor (Minister, 2020–2023) Masidi Manjun (Minister II, 2020–2023) Masidi Manjun (Minister, 2023) |
| Preceded by | Sarifuddin Hata |
| Succeeded by | Tan Lee Fatt |
| Constituency | Pantai Dalit |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Pantai Dalit | |
| Assumed office 26 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Majority | 3,794 (2020) 3,465 (2025) |
| Faction represented in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2020–2023 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2023– | Gabungan Rakyat Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jasnih bin Daya 15 September 1974 |
| Citizenship |  Malaysia |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (until 2023) .png){kind=small} Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (since 2023) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2023)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (since 2023) |
| Spouse | Hairani Mohd Salleh |
| Education | SBP Sabah |
| Indiana State University | |
| Occupation | Politician |
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | N13 Pantai Dalit | Jasnih Daya (Sabah UMNO) |
6,868 | 62.73% | Rakam Sijim (WARISAN) | 3,074 | 28.06% | 10,612 | 3,794 | 68.86% | ||
| Muhamad Amirul Amin (PCS) | 269 | 2.46% | ||||||||||
| Johan Jahid (IND) | 244 | 2.23% | ||||||||||
| Peter Pikul (IND) | 236 | 2.16% | ||||||||||
| Rusdi Saelih (LDP) | 138 | 1.26% | ||||||||||
| Matbee @ Matbeh Ismail (USNO Baru) | 74 | 0.68% | ||||||||||
| Awil Kamsari (GAGASAN) | 46 | 0.42% | ||||||||||
| 2025 | Jasnih Daya (GAGASAN) | 8,306 | 44.62% | Alfian Sambas (Sabah UMNO) | 4,841 | 26.01% | 18,880 | 3,465 | 71.76% | |||
| Aliasgar Basri (WARISAN) | 2,878 | 15.46% | ||||||||||
| Francis Fahir @ Tongong (STAR) | 1,282 | 6.89% | ||||||||||
| Mohd Zulkernain Osman (Sabah BERSATU) |
814 | 4.37% | ||||||||||
| Jaesman @ Jaess Gipin (KDM) | 387 | 2.08% | ||||||||||
| Liam Tawil (IMPIAN) | 106 | 0.57% | ||||||||||
Honours
Sabah
Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2022)[8]
Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2017)[9]- Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2009)[10]
