Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk Haji |
Ahmad Lai Bujang | |
Birth Date: | 26 November 1949 |
Birth Place: | Crown Colony of Sarawak |
Death Place: | Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Office: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
Subterm: | 2008–2018 |
Suboffice: | Barisan Nasional |
Party: | Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Datuk Haji Ahmad Lai bin Bujang (26 November 1949 – 9 August 2019) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sibuti constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.[1]
Ahmad was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, defeating Michael Teo Yu Keng of the People's Justice Party.[2] Prior to being elected as a member of parliament, he was one of the political secretaries to the then-Chief Minister of Sarawak, Abdul Taib Mahmud.[3] He was re-elected in 2013 and declined for health reasons to contest the 2018 election. He died on 9 August 2019, aged 69.[4]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2008 | P218 Sibuti, Sarawak | (PBB) | 8,238 | 64.22% | Michael Teo Yu Keng (PKR) | 4,590 | 35.78% | 13,030 | 3,648 | 58.84% | ||||
2013 | (PBB) | 13,348 | 64.70% | Muhammad Zaid Tandang (PAS) | 7,282 | 35.30% | 20,918 | 6,066 | 73.78% |