Fahmi Zainol

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Fahmi Zainol
فهمى زاينول
Member of the
Penang State Executive Council
(Agrotechnology, Food Security, and Cooperative Development)
Assumed office
16 August 2023
GovernorAhmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
Chief MinisterChow Kon Yeow
ConstituencyPantai Jerejak
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Pantai Jerejak
Assumed office
12 August 2023
Preceded bySaifuddin Nasution Ismail
(PHPKR)
Majority8,597 (2023)
Personal details
Born
Fahmi bin Zainol

1991 (age 32–33)
Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
OccupationPolitician

Fahmi bin Zainol (born 1991) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pantai Jerejak since August 2023. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.

Political career[edit]

Fahmi is a student activist and was the President of the Students' Council at the University of Malaya in 2013 before joining politics. He joined PKR on 3 November 2015 and was appointed as Chairman of the Student Bureau in the Youth Wing. In 2018, he was chosen as the Election Director for the Youth Wing. In the same year, he was elected as the Chief of the PKR Youth Wing of Penang state and Permatang Pauh Division. In 2022, he competed against Adam Adli for the Chief of PKR Youth Wing but lost. However, he was elected to the PKR central committee and was re-elected as the Chief of the PKR Youth Wing of Penang state and Permatang Pauh Division.[1][2]

Election results[edit]

Penang State Legislative Assembly[3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct. Opponent(s) Votes Pct. Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2023 N36 Pantai Jerejak Fahmi Zainol (PKR) 14,116 69.93% Oh Tong Keong (GERAKAN) 5,519 27.34% 20,334 8,597 68.03%
Priyankaa Loh Siang Pin (MUDA) 476 2.36%
Ravinder Singh (PRM) 76 0.38%

References[edit]

  1. ^ SEJAHAN, ZAREEN HUMAIRAH (2022-05-19). "Fahmi Zainol kekal Ketua AMK Permatang Pauh". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  2. ^ ADAM, ASHMAN (2022-04-18). "PKR polls: Who are Adam Adli and Fahmi Zainol, the two young guns running for the post of Youth wing chief?". Malay Mail. Retrieved 2023-11-27.
  3. ^ "RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-11-28.