Wan Dzahanurin Ahmad Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan
Wan Dzahanurin Ahmad
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Constituency Am:Sungai Kandis
Assembly:Selangor State Legislative
Term Start:12 August 2023
Predecessor:Zawawi Mughni
(PHPKR)
Majority:167 (2023)
Birth Name:Wan Dzahanurin bin Ahmad
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
Otherparty:Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation:Politician

Wan Dzahanurin bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Kandis since August 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Kota Raja of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions. He previously served as Member of the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) and Division Deputy Chairman of PH of Kota Raja.

Political career

Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (since 2023)

2023 Selangor state election

In the 2023 Selangor state election, Wan Dzahanurin made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest the Sungai Kandis state seat. Wan Dzahanurin won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Sungai Kandis MLA for the first term after narrowly defeating Zawawi Mughni of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a majority of only 167 votes.[1] However, his victory was controversial as the PH supporters protested about an alleged discrepancy and claimed that the unreturned ballots did not tally with the official results.[2] There was also initially a plan by PH to challenge by filing an election petition against the results[3] but subsequently PH did not go ahead with the plan.[4]

Election results

Candidate!Votes!Pct! colspan="2"
Opponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2023N49 Sungai Kandis (BERSATU)28,92649.01%Zawawi Mughni (PKR)28,75948.72%59,02616775.09%
bgcolor=black Afriena Shaqira Sariff (MUDA)1,3412.27%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Selangor polls: Official Results. New Straits Times. 13 August 2023. 9 January 2024.
  2. Web site: State polls: Perikatan's Wan Dzahanurin wins Sungai Kandis. The Star. 12 August 2023. 9 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Selangor PH to challenge 4 seats won by PN in state polls, says MB. Free Malaysia Today. 2 September 2023. 9 January 2024.
  4. Web site: PH tidak teruskan petisyen bantahan keputusan PRN tiga DUN. Harian Metro. 26 October 2023. 9 January 2024. ms.