| Yahaya Abdul Hamid | |
| Order: | 7th |
| Office: | Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly |
| Term Start: | 25 April 1995 |
| Term End: | 12 February 2008 |
| Constituency: | Pinang Tunggal Non-MLA |
| Predecessor: | Abdul Rahman Abbas (BNUMNO) |
| Successor: | Abdul Halim Hussain (PRPKR) |
| Assembly2: | Penang State Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 1986 |
| Term End2: | 2004 |
| Predecessor2: | New constituency |
| Successor2: | Roslan Saidin (BNUMNO) |
| Birth Name: | Yahaya bin Abdul Hamid |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Mawards: | is not set --> |
Yahaya bin Abdul Hamid is a Malaysian politician. He has served as the Speaker of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for three terms from 1995 to 2008.[1]
Yahaya Abdul Hamid made his debut by being elected as Member of State Legislative Assembly for Pinang Tunggal in 1986. After the 1990 general election, Yahaya Abdul Hamid was appointed Member of Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the state administration under Chief Minister Koh Tsu Koon.[2] In 1995, he was appointed Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly until 2008.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | N03 Pinang Tunggal | (UMNO) | 3,697 | 60.63% | Ahmad Hasan Salahuddin (PAS) | 2,043 | 33.51% | 6,284 | 1,654 | 79.35% | ||||
| Ahmad Othman (DAP) | 358 | 5.87% | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | Yahaya Abdul Hamid (UMNO) | 4,080 | 64.10% | Mohd Sani Abdullah (S46) | 2,285 | 35.80% | 6,643 | 1,795 | 82.96% | |||||
| 1995 | Yahaya Abdul Hamid (UMNO) | 8,397 | 84.21% | ASyed Ibrahim Syed Abu Bakar (S46) | 1,573 | 15.79% | 10,294 | 6,824 | 80.48% | |||||
| 1999 | Yahaya Abdul Hamid (UMNO) | 7,224 | 71.72% | Abdul Ghani Haroon (keADILan) | 2,848 | 28.28% | 10,416 | 4,376 | 80.78% | |||||