Amizar Abu Adam

Amizar bin Abu Adam is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pelangai since October 2023. He is a member and Division Committee Member of Bentong of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Abu Adam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Amizar. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berhormat Dato'
Amizar Abu Adam
DIMP MLA
أميزر أبو آدم
Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
for Pelangai
Assumed office
7 October 2023
Preceded byJohari Harun
(BN–UMNO)
Majority2,949 (2023)
Personal details
Born
Amizar bin Abu Adam
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma materUniversiti Sains Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

Political career

2022 Pahang state election

In the 2022 Pahang state election, Amizar made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Ketari state seat. He was not elected as the Ketari MLA after losing narrowly to Thomas Su Keong Siong of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a minority of only 120 votes.

2023 Pelangai by-election

In the 2023 Pelangai by-election held on 7 October 2023 due to the vacancy of the state seat as a result of its MLA Johari Harun in the Elmina plane crash on 17 August 2023, Amizar was renominated by BN to contest for the state seat.[1] He won the seat and was elected to the Pahang State Legislative Assembly as the Pelangai MLA for the first term after defeating Kasim Samat of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and independent candidate Haslihelmy DM Zulhasli by a majority of 2,949 votes.[2]

Election results
Pahang State Legislative Assembly[3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 N34 Ketari Amizar Abu Adam (UMNO) 9,602 40.66% Thomas Su Keong Siong (DAP) 9,722 41.17% 23,614 120 77.71%
William Tan Wei Leong (GERAKAN) 4,290 18.17%
2023 N36 Pelangai Amizar Abu Adam (UMNO) 7,324 62.35% Kasim Samat (PAS) 4,375 37.25% 11,746 2,949 72.12%
Haslihelmy DM Zulhasli (Independent) 47 0.40%

Honours

References
  1. "Amizar Abu Adam Barisan candidate for Pelangai by-election". The Star. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. "Official: Barisan wins Pelangai, says EC". The Star. 7 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  3. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Kecil Pelangai 2023". Astro Awani (in Malay). 7 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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