A leadership election was held by the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party on 18 March 2023.
Background
In the aftermath of the 2022 Malaysian general election, Khairy Jamaluddin, Noh Omar, Shahril Sufian Hamdan and several UMNO leaders called for party leader Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to resign.
Controversies On 14 January 2023, the UMNO general assembly has given consent to a motion for the posts of president and deputy president not to be contested at the coming party polls. Therefore, President of UMNO, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Deputy President of UMNO, Mohamad Hasan will remain at their position respectively for another term until 2026.
On 28 January 2023, Khairy Jamaluddin and Noh Omar was sacked from the party while Hishammuddin Hussein, Shahril Sufian Hamdan, Maulizan Bujang and Salim Sharif was suspended their membership for six years by the UMNO supreme council.
Supreme Council election results
Permanent Chairman No. Candidate Division won Delegates' votes 01 Badruddin Amiruldin 178 79,466 02 Shamsul Najmi Shamsuddin 9
Deputy Permanent Chairman No. Candidate Division won Delegates' votes 02 Abdul Fattah Abdullah 127 48,017 01 Rohani Mohd Sharif 03 Tusiman Kadir 04 Azizan Abdullah 05 Nazri Ismail 06 Hasnoor Sidang Hussein 07 Mohd Hafeez Che Mat 08 Sharifah Azizah Syed Zain 09 Adzly Ab Manas 10 Othman Desa
President Candidate Division won Delegates' votes Ahmad Zahid Hamidi won uncontested
Deputy President Candidate Division won Delegates' votes Mohamad Hasan won uncontested
Vice Presidents No. Candidate Division won Delegates' votes 05 Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail 127 52,202 07 Mohamed Khaled Nordin 116 46,141 03 Johari Abdul Ghani 110 47,624 01 Azalina Othman Said 73 06 Reezal Merican Naina Merican 48 08 Hasni Mohammad 42 02 Mahdzir Khalid 40 04 Mohd Yusof Musa @ Jamaluddin 0
Supreme Council Members No. Candidate Division won Delegates' votes 38 Shamsul Anuar Nasarah 178 69,494 24 Zambry Abdul Kadir 175 67,940 06 Ahmad Maslan 167 67,372 91 Tengku Zafrul Aziz 167 62,839 31 Bung Moktar Radin 160 61,042 26 Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub 152 57,625 37 Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim 151 55,365 50 Shahaniza Shamsuddin 129 47,136 35 Azian Osman 124 44,806 01 Md Alwi Che Ahmad 118 47,652 23 Shaik Hussein Mydin 118 42,275 33 Zahida Zarik Khan 113 44,254 73 Mohd Razlan Muhammad Rafii 113 42,517 80 Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin 111 41,095 83 Abdul Rahman Mohamad 110 40,081 16 Mohd Puad Zarkashi 108 43,004 40 Jamil Khir Baharom 106 41,900 11 Johan Abd Aziz 102 39,767 36 Hizatul Isham Abdul Jalil 101 42,340 65 Abdul Rahman Dahlan 99 39,243 14 Lokman Noor Adam 97 40,336 81 Ahmad Said 96 39,087 85 Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin 94 39,782 79 Mohd Rafi Ali Hassan 93 34,653 92 Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman 91 35,901 67 Mohamad Alamin 91 08 Jalaluddin Alias 90 95 Suraya Yaacob 89 07 Mohamad Fatmi Che Salleh 84 04 Fathul Bari Mat Jahya 74 44 Mohd Shafei Abdullah 65 64 Mohd Hasnol Ayub 62 12 Hasmuni Hassan 59 78 Zakaria Dullah 58 70 Mohamad Ali Mohamad 53 13 Rozabil Abdul Rahman 52 86 Rosni Sohar 47 28 Khairul Azwan Harun 41 77 Nur Jazlan Mohamed 39 02 Mohd Lassim Burhan 35 47 Khir Toyo 35 61 Shaiful Hazizy Zainol Abidin30 56 Mohd Arifin Nan @ Adenan 28 49 Mastura Mohd Yazid 26 15 Adnan Seman 26 18 Mohd Arrif Abdul Majid 25 76 Sohaimi Shahadan 24 66 Najmil Faiz Mohamed Aris 24 29 Othman Aziz 23 46 Azlan Man 22 75 Jamal Md Yunos 21 22 Mat Nadzari Ahmad Dahlan 21 88 Rais Yasin 21 72 Hamim Samuri 21 20 Mohd Zaidy Abdul Kadir20 51 Zainal Abidin Mohd Rafique 20 74 Azhar Ahmad20 21 Mohd Johari Baharum 18 45 Bastien Onn 18 58 Abdul Shukur Idris 17 32 Izudin Ishak 16 93 Mohd Fuad Tukirin 16 10 Zainal Abidin Jidin 15 55 Muhammad Faiz Hashim 14 27 Julie Sabran 13 84 Mohamad Fazly Zainudin 12 94 Mohamad Rafi Awg Kechik 11 87 Jailani Johari 10 89 Johari Yazid 10 42 Jefridin Atan 10 62 Ghazalie Ansing 10 41 Mohd Zaid Ibrahim 9 60 Mohd Najib Mohd Isa 8 69 Muhamad Muqharabbin Mokhtarrudin 7 48 Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid 7 82 Hasni Yang Ghazali 5 03 Lilah Yasin 3 25 Samsuri Shahrom 3 59 Mohd Hazmi Yusof 3 53 Musa Mabul 3 17 Zein Isma Ismail 2 30 Rosli Othman 2 57 Mohamed Hazali Abu Hassan 2 52 Mohd Fazillah Mohd Ali 2 05 Syamsul Hidayat Mohd Shariff 1 09 Kamaruzaman Ali 1 63 Mohd Zainul Fithri Othman 1 19 Muhamad Faizullah Alkamal 1 43 Rosli Mohd Salleh 1 68 Muzafar Ali Khan Mohd Sidek 1 90 Misri Barham 1 39 Abdul Halim Hafez Abdul Rahman 1 71 Abdul Ghani Ngah 1 34 Ahmad Fazuan Kamaruddin 1 54 Khairul Azmi Mohamad 0
See also President of the United Malays National Organisation 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis 2022 Malaysian general election Anwar Ibrahim cabinet 2018 United Malays National Organisation leadership election United Malays National Organisation leadership elections
References
External links List of UMNO Election Candidates 2023-2026 Full Results of the 2023-2026 UMNO Wing Committee Election Full Results of UMNO Supreme Working Council Members 2023-2026 Election