Abdul Rashid bin Asari (born 17 October 1951) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Selat Klang since May 2018.
He served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteris Besar Azmin Ali and Amirudin Shari from May 2018 to his removal from office in March 2020. He is an independent. He was a member and State Chairman of Selangor of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly PH coalition as well as the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Political career Support for Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari On 6 March 2024, Abdul Rashid declared support for Menteri Besar Amirudin and his state government. He became the first Opposition, PN and BERSATU MLA to do so. However, like the six Members of Parliament (MPs) who declared support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the federal level, he pledged loyalty to BERSATU and remained its member although supporting Amirudin and his state government. He added that the royal address by Sultan Sharafuddin praising the performance of Amirudin and his state government, the silence of BERSATU on the criticisms and allegations against the Sultan as well as the wellbeing of Selat Kelang were among his reasons of doing so.
Election results + Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2022P097 Selayang (BERSATU)49,154 33.93% (PKR) 72,773 50.23%144,88123,61979.81%Chan Wun Hoong (MCA)19,425 13.41% Salleh Amiruddin (PEJUANG) 2,584 1.78% Muhammad Zaki Omar (IND) 945 0.65%
+ Selangor State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout. Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2018N44 Selat Klang Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU) 12,266 35.99%Halimah Ali (PAS) 11,766 34.52% 34,571 500 83.55% Mohd Khairi Hussin (UMNO) 9,949 24.19%Jeichandran Wadivelu (PRM) 52 0.15%Zainal Azwar Kamaruddin (IND) 49 0.14%2023 (BERSATU)25,14358.88%Roslee Abd Hamid (UMNO)16,81839.38%42,7038,32574.12%Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor (PRM)7421.74%
Honours
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia (PSD) – Datuk (2001)
Companion of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SMS)
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