Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
Mohd Sharim Md Zain | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|محمد شريم محمد زين |
Birth Date: | 13 March 1979 |
Birth Place: | Felda Chini 3, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia |
Constituency Am1: | Chini |
Assembly1: | Pahang State Legislative |
Term Start1: | 4 July 2020 |
Majority1: | 12,650 (2020) 2,125 (2022) |
Predecessor1: | Abu Bakar Harun (BN–UMNO) |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Spouse: | Norhiliyana Abd Hamid |
Children: | 5 |
Mohd Sharim bin Md Zain is a Malaysian politician and currently serves as member of State Assembly for Chini.
He joined UMNO and served as officer to his predecessor, Abu Bakar Harun who was Chini assemblyman.[1]
He currently holds position as Committee Member of UMNO Pekan as well as Youth Chief of UMNO FELDA Chini 3 Branch.[1]
In July 2020, Mohd Sharim first contested to become a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Chini by-election. The election was held following the death of the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Abu Bakar Harun on 7 May who had held the seat since 2004.[2]
On 18 June, Barisan Nasional decided to nominate Mohd Sharim, who is a FELDA resident as its candidate for the by-election.[3]
He won the by-election after defeating two other Independent candidates, Tengku Zainul Hisham Tengku Hussin (former Deputy Division Chief of BERSATU Pekan) and Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli (Social Activist), by 12,650 majority.[4] [5]
Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2020 | N23 Chini, P085 Pekan | Mohd Sharim Md Zain (UMNO) | 13,872 | 91.08% | Tengku Zainul Hisham Tengku Hussin (IND) | 1,222 | 8.02% | 15,506 | 12,650 | 73.87% | |||
Mohd Shukri Mohd Ramli (IND) | 137 | 0.90% | |||||||||||
2022 | Mohd Sharim Md Zain (UMNO) | 10,588 | 53.25% | Fahrur Rozi Jalaluddin (PAS) | 8,463 | 42.56% | 20,244 | 2,125 | 76.12% | ||||
Mohamad Yazid Che Mat (PKR) | 833 | 4.19% |