Zakaria Edris

Malaysian politician

2018Barisan Nasional2018–2019Independent2019–2020Pakatan Harapan2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party2020–2022Perikatan NasionalFaction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly2004–2018Barisan Nasional Personal detailsBorn (1950-07-16) 16 July 1950 (age 73)
Crown Colony of North BorneoCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2018)
Independent
(2018–2019)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(2019–2023)

Gagasan Rakyat (since 2023)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018, aligned:since 2020)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)

Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(aligned:since 2020, member:since 2023)OccupationPolitician

Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd. Edris is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Libaran from May 2018 to November 2022, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a former member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), an official main component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and a former component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition also a former component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He also a former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and later joined BERSATU in 2019 until 2023.^[1]^[2] In 2023, he officially became the member of Sabah People's Ideas Party (Gagasan Rakyat), the main component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) along with 7 other parties.

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

**Sabah State Legislative Assembly**^[6]^[7]^[8]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N41 Gum-Gum	Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	3,679	75.70%	Tan Mui Ling (PKR)	1,181	24.30%	5,069	2,498	55.26%
2008		Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	Walkover
2013		Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	5,548	61.37%	Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini (PKR)	3,191	35.30%	9,220	2,357	78.80%
2013		Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	5,548	61.37%	Hassan Hami (STAR)	301	3.33%	9,220	2,357	78.80%

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[9]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P184 Libaran, Sabah		Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	17,799	49.25%		Irwanshah Mustapa (WARISAN)	17,121	47.37%	37,091	678	77.74%
2018	P184 Libaran, Sabah		Zakaria Edris (UMNO)	17,799	49.25%		Alfian Mansyur (PHRS)	1,223	3.38%	37,091	678	77.74%

Honours

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

References

^ 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.
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^ Noorasvilla Muhamma (28 April 2018). "Pertembungan tiga penjuru di Libaran" (in Malay). Utusan Borneo. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ Nandini Balakrishnan (10 May 2018). "Historic Win: The Complete Result Of GE14's Parliamentary Seats Across Malaysia". Says.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my.
^ "N53 Senallang". Malaysiakini. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
^ "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
^ "Malacca Governor's birthday honours list". The Star. 10 October 2005. Retrieved 30 October 2018.