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Jamawi Ja'afar
PGDK
جاموي جا'افار‎
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Kemabong
In office
2018–2020
Preceded byRubin Balang
Succeeded byRubin Balang
Personal details
Born
Jamawi bin Ja'afar
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUMNO (till 2018, 2020-2023)
WARISAN (2018–2020)
PGRS–GRS (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (till 2018,2020–2023)
Warisan Plus Coalition (2019–2020)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (since 2023)
OccupationPolitician

Jamawi bin Ja'afar is a Malaysian politician from Sabah region and currently represent the PGRS-GRS side. He was the Former Member of Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Kemabong from 2018 until 2020. He become the Division Leader of Melalap branch PGRS-GRS in March 2023.

Politics

He was the Youth Chief of UMNO Tenom Division and Youth Information Chief of UMNO.[1] He quit UMNO in 2018 and then later joined WARISAN with the reason to support Sabah local party. In 2020, he quit WARISAN because of PSS controversies and rejoined UMNO as alternative choices. After BN-UMNO got lose streak and lost many seats in Malaysia General Election in November 2022, he decided to joining GRS through GRS direct membership constitution. In February 2023, he has confirmed to support and joining Sabah local party namely PGRS, one of the major component party of GRS. In March 2023, he officially become the Division Leader of Melalap branch PGRS–GRS. In October 17, 2023, he has confirmed that Tenom parliamentary branch of PGRS–GRS has successfully reached 5,000 membership.

Election result

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 Tenom Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO) 8,625 % Riduan Rubin (IND) 10,027 % %
Noorita Sual (DAP) 8,919
Ukim Buandi (WARISAN) 992
Peggy Chaw Zhi Ting (IND) 86
Sabah State Legislative Assembly[2][3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 Kemabong Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO) 6,093 50.65% Haris Bolos (WARISAN) 5,198 43.21% 12,030 862 84.93%
Tay Jin Kiong @ Alfred (PCS) 152 1.26
Yahia @ Yahya Raimah (PHRS) 124 1.03
2020 Melalap Jamawi Ja'afar (UMNO) 3,526 33.25 Peter Anthony (WARISAN) 5,245 49.46 10,605 1,719 75.79%
Radin Malleh (PBS) 1,359 12.81
Apiang Sausun (PCS) 268 2.53
Sazali Justi (USNO Baru) 32 0.30
Masdin Tumas (LDP) 23 0.22

Honour

References

  1. ↑ "Keputusan | Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15". PRU @ Sinar Harian. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES". Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "Acryl Sani dahului 1,209 senarai penerima darjah kebesaran Sabah". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.


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