| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Seri |
| Saarani Mohamad سعرغني بن محمد | |
| Birth Name: | Saarani bin Mohamad |
| Birth Date: | 13 March 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Lenggong, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Order: | 14th |
| Office: | Menteri Besar of Perak |
| Term Start: | 10 December 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Ahmad Faizal Azumu |
| Constituency: | Kota Tampan |
| Office1: | State Leader of the Opposition of Perak |
| Term Start1: | 1 August 2018 |
| Term End1: | 13 March 2020 |
| Monarch1: | Nazrin Shah |
| 1Blankname1: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata1: | Ahmad Faizal Azumu |
| Predecessor1: | Zambry Abdul Kadir |
| Successor1: | Abdul Aziz Bari |
| Constituency1: | Kota Tampan |
| Constituency Am2: | Kota Tampan |
| Assembly2: | Perak State Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 21 March 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Majority2: | 2,677 (2004) 2,335 (2008) 1,844 (2013) 2,302 (2018) 1,237 (2022) |
| Constituency Am3: | Lenggong |
| Assembly3: | Perak State Legislative |
| Term Start3: | 29 November 1999 |
| Term End3: | 21 March 2004 |
| Successor3: | Position abolished |
| Majority3: | 2,411 (1999) |
| Office4: | Exco roles (Perak) |
| Subterm4: | 2004–2006 |
| Suboffice4: | Chairman of the Rural Development |
| Subterm5: | 2006–2008 |
| Suboffice5: | Chairman of the Information, Rural Development, Plantation Industries and Commodities |
| Subterm6: | 2008–2013 |
| Suboffice6: | Chairman of the Rural Development, Poverty Eradication, Plantations and Welfare |
| Subterm7: | 2013–2016 |
| Suboffice7: | Chairman of the Rural Development, Plantations, Agriculture, Housing and Local Government |
| Subterm8: | 2016–2018 |
| Suboffice8: | Chairman of the Rural Development, Agriculture, Plantations, Information and Human Capital Development |
| Subterm9: | 2020 |
| Suboffice9: | Chairman of the Rural Development, Entrepreneur, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Occupation: | Politician, teacher |
| Alma Mater: | University of Technology, Malaysia Open University Malaysia |
Saarani bin Mohamad (born 14 March 1962) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as 14th Menteri Besar of Perak since December 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kota Tampan since March 2004. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under former Menteris Besar Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali and Zambry Abdul Kadir from March 2004 to the collapse of the BN state administration in March 2008 and from February 2009 to another collapse in May 2018 and again in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu briefly from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in December 2020, Leader of the Opposition of Perak from August 2018 to March 2020 as well as the MLA for Lenggong from November 1999 to March 2004. He is a member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Lenggong of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Perak.[1]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | N16 Lenggong | (UMNO) | 6,427 | 59.95% | Azizan Mohd Desa (PAS) | 3,986 | 37.18% | 10,720 | 2,441 | 63.52% | ||||
| 2004 | N04 Kota Tampan | Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) | 5,071 | 67.93% | Hamzah Mohd Zain (keADILan) | 2,394 | 32.07% | 7,608 | 2,677 | 69.31% | ||||
| 2008 | Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) | 4,963 | 65.38% | Hamzah Mohd Zain (PKR) | 2,628 | 34.62% | 7,761 | 2,335 | 73.12% | |||||
| 2013 | Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) | 5,893 | 59.27% | Zahrul Nizam Abdul Majid (PKR) | 4,049 | 40.73% | 16,588 | 1,844 | 87.00% | |||||
| 2018 | Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) | 5,183 | 52.36% | Muhammad Rif'aat Razman (PAS) | 2,881 | 29.11% | 10,097 | 2,302 | 79.00% | |||||
| Noor Hasnida Mohd Hashim (BERSATU) | 1,834 | 18.53% | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) | 5,468 | 48.24% | bgcolor= | Jamil Yahya (PAS) | 4,231 | 37.32% | 11,336 | 1,237 | 73.83% | ||||
| Mohd Sabri Abdul Manaf (AMANAH) | 1,637 | 14.44% | ||||||||||||