| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Tuan |
| Nushi Mahfodz | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MLA |
| Office: | State Information Chief of the Malaysian Islamic Party of Selangor |
| Term Start: | 3 April 2023 |
| President: | Abdul Hadi Awang |
| 1Blankname: | State commissioner |
| 1Namedata: | Ahmad Yunus Hairi Ab Halim Tamuri |
| Predecessor: | Mohd Fadli Ghani |
| Constituency Am1: | Semenyih |
| Assembly1: | Selangor State Legislative |
| Term Start1: | 12 August 2023 |
| Predecessor1: | Zakaria Hanafi (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority1: | 1,262 (2023) |
| Birth Name: | Nushi bin Mahfodz |
| Birth Date: | 27 December 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
| Otherparty: | Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Relations: | Mahfodz Mohamed (father) Ahmad Nawfal Mahfodz (younger brother) |
| Alma Mater: | Yarmouk University (Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Honours) in Syariah) Al al-Bayt University (Master of Arts (MA) in Syariah) |
Nushi bin Mahfodz (born 27 December 1975) is a British-born Malaysian politician, preacher and lecturer who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Semenyih since August 2023.[1]
Upon his return from Jordan in 2001, he worked as a lecturer at the Ahmad Ibrahim Law School, International Islamic University of Malaysia from 2001 to 2011 for a decade. He has since served as a lecturer at the Faculty of Syariah and Law, Selangor International Islamic University College since 2011 and deputy director of the KUISCELL Sendirian Berhad (Sdn Bhd) since 2014. In the meantime, he was also a syariah advisor at several banks. He was appointed a syariah advisor at Asian Finance Bank based in Qatar from 2014 to 2017. When Asian Finance Bank was taken over and renamed MBSB Bank, his service as a sharia advisor continued until 2018.[2] [3]
In the 2023 Selangor state election, Mahfodz was nominated by PN to contest the Semenyih state seat. Nushi won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Semenyih MLA for the first term after narrowly defeating Wan Zulaika Anua of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a majority of only 1,262 votes.[4] [5]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | N26 Sungai Ramal | Nushi Mahfodz (PAS) | 13,961 | 29.13% | (AMANAH) | 24,591 | 51.31% | 48,366 | 10,630 | 88.00% | ||||
| Abdul Rahim Mohd Amin (UMNO) | 9,372 | 19.56% | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | N24 Semenyih | (PAS) | 37,068 | 50.87% | Wan Zulaika Anua (UMNO) | 35,806 | 49.13% | 72,874 | 1,262 | 74.90% | ||||