Megat Zulkarnain Omardin

Megat Zulkarnain bin Omardin (born 16 October 1969) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Political Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since December 2022 or January 2023. He served as the Senator from October 2013 to October 2019. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has served as the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Selangor since November 2022. He is the Member of the Supreme Council, Division Chief of UMNO of Gombak and the President of Malaysia Martial Arts Federation (PESAKA). He was the Division Deputy Chief of UMNO of Gombak prior to his promotion to the division chief.

Political career On 7 October 2013 Megat Zulkarnain was appointed to the Parliament as the Senator for the first term. On 10 October 2016, he was reappointed to the Parliament as the Senator for the second term.

2018 Selangor state election In the 2018 Selangor state election Megat Zulkarnain made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Gombak Setia state seat. He was not elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Gombak Setia MLA after losing to Muhammad Hilman Idham of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a minority of 13,044 votes.

2023 Selangor state election In the 2023 Selangor state election Megat Zulkarnain was renominated by BN to contest for the Gombak Setia state seat. He was not elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Gombak Setia MLA again after narrowly losing to defending MLA Muhammad Hilman of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of only 58 votes.

2022 general election In the 2022 general election Megat Zulkarnain was renominated by BN to contest for the Gombak federal seat. He was not elected to Parliament as the Gombak MP after losing to Amirudin Shari of PH by a minority of 41,544 votes.

On 25 November 2022, Megat Zulkarnain was appointed as the new State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Selangor to replace Noh Omar by National Chairman of BN and President of UMNO Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

In December 2022 or January 2023, Megat Zulkarnain was appointed as the Political Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development Ahmad Zahid.

Personal life Megat Zulkarnain was born on 16 October 1969 to Omardin Mauju, who is the founder of the Malaysian Agile Martial Arts Association (PSSLM).

Election results +Parliament of Malaysia YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2022P098 Gombak (UMNO) 30,723 18.57% Amirudin Shari (PKR) 72,267 43.69% 165,426 12,729 80.01% Mohamed Azmin Ali (BERSATU) 59,538 35.99% Aziz Jamaludin Mhd Tahir (PEJUANG) 2,223 1.34% Zulkifli Ahmad (IND) 675 0.41%

+Selangor State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout 2018N17 Gombak Setia (UMNO) 11,113 23.63% (PKR) 24,157 51.37% 47,028 12,399 85.86% Hasbullah Mohd Ridzwan (PAS) 11,758 25.00% 2023 Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (UMNO) 30,241 49.08%Muhammad Hilman Idham (BERSATU)30,29949.17%88,480 5870.10% Mohamed Salim Mohamed Ali (IND)1,0761.75%

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