Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Ustaz Dato' |
Birth Name: | Mohd Azam bin Abd Samat |
Mohd Azam Abd Samat | |
Office: | Member of the Kedah State Executive Council |
Term Start: | 21 August 2023 |
1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata: | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor |
Predecessor: | Najmi Ahmad Wan Romani Wan Salim |
Constituency: | Sungai Limau |
Constituency Am1: | Sungai Limau |
Assembly1: | Kedah State Legislative |
Term Start1: | 4 November 2013 |
Predecessor1: | Azizan Abdul Razak (PR–PAS) |
Majority1: | 1,084 (2013) 5,973 (2018) 18,904 (2023) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Mohd Azam bin Abd Samat[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor since August 2023 and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Limau since November 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN and formerly Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) as well as Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.[2] [3]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2013 | N20 Sungai Limau | (PAS) | 12,069 | 52.35% | Sohaimi Lazim (UMNO) | 10,985 | 47.65% | 23,205 | 1,084 | 85.24% | ||||
2018 | Mohd Azam Abd Samat (PAS) | 13,048 | 53.01% | Norma Awang (UMNO) | 7,075 | 28.74% | 24,616 | 5,973 | 86.60% | |||||
Zahran Abdullah (AMANAH) | 4,493 | 18.25% | ||||||||||||
2023 | bgcolor= | Mohd Azam Abd Samat (PAS) | 23,000 | 84.88% | Siti Balkhis Husain (AMANAH) | 4,096 | 15.21% | 27,244 | 18,904 | 79.47% |