Malaysian politician
Kamarudin bin Md Nor is a Malaysian politician who has served as a Member of the Kelantan State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Mohd Nassuruddin Daud and as a Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ayer Lanas since August 2023. He is a member and State Chairman of Kelantan of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions. Previously, he was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1] He served as the MLA for Semerak from 1997 to November 1999 and again from March 2004 to March 2008. He was also the 1st and founding Information Chief of BERSATU from September 2016 to September 2018.
Kamarudin Md Nor left UMNO in 2016 and joined the BERSATU at the same year.[2] In the 2018 Malaysian general election, he contested in the Pasir Puteh Parliamentary seat but lost to the PAS candidate. Fortunately, he won the Air Lanas state seat during the 2023 Kelantan state election.
Election results
Kelantan State Legislative Assembly[3][4][5][6][7]
Year
|
Constituency
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
Pct
|
Opponent(s)
|
Votes
|
Pct
|
Ballots cast
|
Majority
|
Turnout
|
1997
|
N30 Semerak
|
|
Kamarudin Md Nor (UMNO)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004
|
N31 Semerak
|
|
Kamarudin Md Nor (UMNO)
|
6,095
|
53.04%
|
|
Hussin Awang (PAS)
|
5,396
|
46.96%
|
11,672
|
699
|
83.41%
|
2008
|
|
Kamarudin Md Nor (UMNO)
|
6,112
|
46.82%
|
|
Wan Hassan Wan Ibrahim (PAS)
|
6,943
|
53.18%
|
13,245
|
831
|
84.99%
|
2023
|
N37 Ayer Lanas
|
|
Kamarudin Md Nor (BERSATU)
|
9,535
|
67.81%
|
|
Nasrul Hadi Kamarulzaman (UMNO)
|
4,526
|
32.19%
|
14,209
|
5,009
|
63.24%
|
Honours
References