Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Ustazah Dato' Hajah |
Siti Ashah Ghazali | |
Native Name: | سيتي عائشة بنت غزالي |
Birth Name: | Siti Ashah binti Ghazali |
Birth Date: | 3 October 1962 |
Birth Place: | Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Office: | Member of the Kedah State Executive Council |
1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata: | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor |
Term Start: | 21 August 2023 |
Predecessor: | Herself |
Constituency: | Merbau Pulas |
Monarch1: | Sallehuddin |
1Blankname1: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata1: | Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor |
Term Start1: | 20 May 2020 |
Term End1: | 14 August 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Ismail Salleh Halimaton Shaadiah Saad |
Successor1: | Herself |
Constituency1: | Merbau Pulas |
1Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata2: | Azizan Abdul Razak |
Term Start2: | 12 March 2008 |
Term End2: | 6 May 2013 |
Predecessor2: | Khalidah Adibah Ayob Saravanan Velia Udayar |
Constituency2: | Merbau Pulas |
Constituency Am3: | Merbau Pulas |
Assembly3: | Kedah State Legislative |
Term Start3: | 8 March 2008 |
Predecessor3: | Mohd Hadzir Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
Majority3: | 3,576 (2008) 633 (2013) 438 (2018) 19,285 (2023) |
Party: | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Alternatif (BA) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Alma Mater: | Universiti Teknologi Mara |
Occupation: | Politician |
Hajah Siti Ashah binti Haji Ghazali (born 3 October 1962) 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 May 2020 and in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak from March 2008 to the collapse of the PR state administration in May 2013 as well as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Merbau Pulas since March 2008. She is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN and formerly Gagasan Sejahtera (GS), PR and Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions.
She received her early education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Jeneri, Sik, from 1969 until 1971 before moving to Sekolah Kebangsaan Cemara, Jeniang. In 1973, she moved to Sekolah Kebangsaan Paya Mengkuang, Gurun, Kedah. She then continued her studies at the secondary level at Sekolah Menengah Agama Taufiqiah Khairiah Halimiah, Batu 16, Padang Lumat from 1975 to 1981. In 1988, she received the Diploma in Islamic Tasawwur from ILHAM.[1]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2004 | N33 Merbau Pulas | Siti Ashah Ghazali (PAS) | 6,410 | 31.68% | Mohd Hadzir Ismail (UMNO) | 13,825 | 68.32% | 20,687 | 7,415 | 79.69% | ||||
2008 | Siti Ashah Ghazali (PAS) | 12,224 | 58.57% | Mohd Hadzir Ismail (UMNO) | 8,648 | 41.43% | 21,355 | 3,576 | 79.59% | |||||
2013 | Siti Ashah Ghazali (PAS) | 14,705 | 51.10% | Marlia Abd Latiff (UMNO) | 14,072 | 48.90% | 29,280 | 633 | 87.15% | |||||
2018 | Siti Ashah Ghazali (PAS) | 9,892 | 34.57% | Asmadi Abu Talib (UMNO) | 9,454 | 33.04% | 29,137 | 438 | 84.50% | |||||
Abd Razak Salleh (AMANAH) | 9,267 | 32.39% | ||||||||||||
2023 | Siti Ashah Ghazali (PAS) | 29,919 | 73.78% | Asmadi Abu Talib (UMNO) | 10,634 | 26.22% | 40,553 | 19,285 | 76.05% |