Mohd Azlan Helmi

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Helmi is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Azlan. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berhormat Tuan
Mohd Azlan Helmi
MLA
محمّد أزلان حلمي‎
Member of the
Perak State Executive Council
(Communication, Multimedia & Non-governmental Organisations :
since 23 November 2022)[note 1]
Incumbent
Assumed office
22 November 2022
MonarchNazrin Shah
Menteri BesarSaarani Mohamad
Preceded byKhairul Shahril Mohamed
(Communication & Multimedia)
Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin
(Non-governmental Organisations)
ConstituencyTualang Sekah
State Deputy Chairman of the
People's Justice Party of Perak
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 September 2024
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
State ChairmanMohamad Hairul Amir Sabri
Preceded byMohamad Hairul Amir Sabri
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly
for Tualang Sekah
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byNolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi
(BN–UMNO)
Majority253 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Mohd Azlan bin Helmi

1980
Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political party People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Alma materPerak Institute of Technology
Occupation
ProfessionAssistant Engineer

Mohd Azlan bin Helmi is a Malaysian politician, entrepreneur and assistant engineer who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tualang Sekah since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as the State Deputy Chairman of PKR of Perak since September 2024, State Secretary of PKR of Perak and Political Secretary to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kampar since 2018. He served as the Coordinator of the Tualang Sekah state seat in 2017, State Deputy Youth Chief of PH of Perak in 2017, State Youth Chief of PKR of Perak from 2014 to 2018, Division Youth Chief of PKR of Kampar in 2014, Division Committee Member of PKR of Kampar in 2010, Division Polling and Counting Agent (PACA) of Kampar from 2009 to 2013, Member of the Youth Secretariat of PR of Perak from 2009 to 2013, Division Vice Chief of PKR of Kampar in 2009 and Branch Chief of Batu Karang in 2008.[1]

Political career

Candidate for the Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (2018)

2018 Perak state election

In the 2018 Perak state election, Mohd Azlan made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Tualang Sekah state seat. He was not elected to the Perak Assembly as the Tualang Sekah MLA after losing to Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 1,009 votes.[2]

Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2022 Perak state election

In the 2022 Perak state election, Mohd Azlan was renominated by BN to contest for the Tualang Sekah seat again.[3] He won the seat and was elected to the Perak Assembly as the Tualang Sekah MLA for the first term after narrowly defeating Pazli Abdullah Sani of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and Abd Rahman Md Som of BN by a majority of only 253 votes.[4]

Member of the Perak State Executive Council (since 2022)

On 22 November 2022, Saarani of BN was reappointed as the Menteri Besar and the state coalition government of BN and PH was formed. Mohd Azlan of PH was appointed as the Perak EXCO Member by Menteri Besar Saarani on the same day.[5] The following day on 23 November 2022, he was assigned the portfolios of Communication, Multimedia and Non-governmental Organisations (NGO).[6]

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly[7]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N43 Tualang Sekah Mohd Azlan Helmi (PKR) 7,668 39.13% Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi (UMNO) 8,767 44.74% 19,597 1,009 78.66%
Mohd Sofian Rejab (PAS) 3,162 16.14%
2022 Mohd Azlan Helmi (PKR) 8,025 34.41% Pazli Abdullah Sani (BERSATU) 7,772 33.33% 23,321 253 73.00%
Abd Rahman Md Som (UMNO) 7,524 32.26%

Notes

  1. ^ Assumed portfolios 1 day after taking office.

References

  1. ^ "MOHD AZLAN HELMI". Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perak". The Star. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Senarai calon PKR bagi DUN Perak". Bernama (in Malay). 3 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ "KEPUTUSAN DUN PRU15". Berita Harian (in Malay). 20 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Kerajaan campuran Perak: 3 ADUN BN, 7 ADUN PH angkat sumpah EXCO". Berita Harian (in Malay). 22 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Senarai EXCO Perak diumum". Harian Metro (in Malay). 23 November 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Negeri Perak 2022". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 24 March 2024.