Yang Berhormat Datuk Rizam bin Ismail (Jawi: رِزَام إِسْمَاعِيل, Malay pronunciation: [rizam]; born 30 January 1981) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari since August 2023 and Political Secretary to the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul Aziz from April to August 2023 as well as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Air Tawar since May 2018. He previously served as the Leader of the Opposition of Selangor from June 2018 to June 2023 and Political Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul from January to April 2023. He is a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He is also presently the sole Selangor BN and UMNO EXCO Member, the first one since 2008 as well as one of the only two BN and UMNO Selangor MLAs alongside Dusun Tua MLA Johan Abd Aziz.[1]
Election results
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2018 | N01 Sungai Air Tawar | Rizam Ismail (UMNO) | 5,437 | 40.71% | Zamri Yahya (PAS) | 3,997 | 29.93% | 13,605 | 1,440 | 83.60% | ||
Mohd Hamizar Sulaiman (BERSATU) | 3,921 | 29.36% | ||||||||||
2023 | Rizam Ismail (UMNO) | 7,870 | 52.84% | Mohamad Zaidi Selamat (BERSATU) | 7,024 | 47.16% | 14,986 | 846 | 74.83% |
Honours
Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)
References
- ^ "Barisan Nasional assemblymen to be a strong opposition". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 13 December 2020. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
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