Zakaria Edris

Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd. Edris is a Malaysian politician. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for Libaran in Sabah. Presently he is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) from 2019.[1] He had earlier left United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the opposition Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition to become an Independent in 2018.[2]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Zakaria Edris DMSM MP
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Libaran
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Juslie Ajirol (UMNO–BN)
Majority	678 (2018)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Gum-Gum
In office 21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Constituency Created
Succeeded by	Arunarsin Taib (WARISAN)
Majority	2,498 (2004) Unopposed (2008) 2,357 (2013)
Personal details
Born	Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	PPBM (2019–present) Independent (2018–2019) UMNO (2016–2018)
Other political affiliations	Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2020–present) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Barisan Nasional (BN) (2016–2018)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

In the 2018 election, UMNO fielded him to contest the Libaran parliamentary seat,[3] facing a new candidate Irwanshah Mustapa from the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and subsequently won.[4][5]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[6]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P184 Libaran, Sabah		Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	17,799	49.25%^2		Irwanshah Mustapa (WARISAN)	17,121	47.37%^2	37,091	678	77.74%
							Alfian Mansyur (PHRS)	1,223	3.38%
Notes: Table excludes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower. ^2 Different % used for 2018 election.

Sabah State Legislative Assembly[7][8][9]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N41 Gum-Gum, P184 Libaran		Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	3,679	75.70%		Tan Mui Ling' (keADILan)	1,181	24.30%	5,069	2,498	55.26%
2008			Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	Unopposed
2013			Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	5,548	61.37%		Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini (PKR)	3,191	35.30%	9,220	2,357	78.80%
							Hassan Hami (STAR)	301	3.33%

Honours

•  Malacca :
  • Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2005)[10][11]

See also

• Libaran (federal constituency)

References

1. Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr (15 March 2019). "Six Sabah reps who jumped from Umno get Bersatu cards". The Star. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
2. Muguntan Vanar, Stephanie Lee and Natasha Joibi (12 December 2018). "Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
3. Poliana Ronnie Sidom (29 April 2018). "Pertukaran kerusi calon BN di Libaran dipersetujui awal" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
4. Noorasvilla Muhamma (28 April 2018). "Pertembungan tiga penjuru di Libaran" (in Malay). Utusan Borneo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
5. Nandini Balakrishnan (10 May 2018). "Historic Win: The Complete Result Of GE14's Parliamentary Seats Across Malaysia". Says.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
6. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
7. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
8. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
9. "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
10. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
11. "Malacca Governor's birthday honours list". The Star. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2018.