Malaysian politician
Ahmad bin Hamzah (Jawi : أحمد بن حمزة; born 27 September 1948) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries I for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Ronald Kiandee from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Ronald from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Jasin from March 2008 to November 2022 and Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Serkam from April 1995 to March 2008. He is a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition and the son-in-law of Abdul Ghafar Baba , the former Deputy Prime Minister .
Ahmad was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election , having been nominated by UMNO to contest the Jasin seat ahead of its incumbent member Mohammad Said bin Yusof .[ 1] [ 2] Before entering the federal parliament, Ahmad was previously a three terms member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for the seat of Serkam .[ 2]
Ahmad retained the Jasin seat in the 2013 and 2018 general elections consecutively.
Election results
Malacca State Legislative Assembly [ 3] [ 4]
Year
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
Pct
Opponent(s)
Votes
Pct
Ballots cast
Majority
Turnout
1995
N24 Serkam
Ahmad Hamzah (UMNO )
6,594
72.69%
Md Said Omar (PAS )
2,477
27.31%
9,246
4,117
79.46%
1999
Ahmad Hamzah (UMNO )
5,902
59.53%
Halim Ramli (PAS )
4,013
40.47%
10,187
1,889
80.78%
2004
N26 Serkam
Ahmad Hamzah (UMNO )
7,344
71.02%
Kamarudin Sedik (PAS )
2,997
28.98%
10,523
4,347
83.52%
Parliament of Malaysia [ 3] [ 1] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Year
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
Pct
Opponent(s)
Votes
Pct
Ballots cast
Majority
Turnout
2008
P139 Jasin
Ahmad Hamzah (UMNO )
28,101
64.64%
Zulkefly Othman (PKR )
15,373
35.36%
44,654
12,728
79.57%
2013
Ahmad Hamzah (UMNO )
33,736
60.56%
Rahmat Yusof (PKR )
21,973
39.44%
56,856
11,763
88.21%
2018
Ahmad Hamzah (UMNO )
26,560
43.00%
Khairuddin Abu Hassan (AMANAH )
26,341
42.65%
62,912
219
85.67%
Abdul Alim Shapie (PAS )
8,860
14.35%
Honours
See also
References