Zakaria Edris
Malaysian politician
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Zakaria bin Mohd Edris (born 16 July 1950) 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.
(BN–UMNO)
(BN–UMNO)
Zakaria Mohd 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 | Arunarnsin 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 | 16 July 1950 |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| 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) (2020-2023)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (aligned:since 2020, member:since 2023) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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
| 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% | ||||||||||
