Awang Husaini Sahari | |
|---|---|
| أواڠ حسيني صحارى | |
| Member of theMalaysian Parliament forPutatan | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Marcus Mojigoh (BN–UPKO) |
| Succeeded by | Shahelmey Yahya (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 2,339 (2018) |
| Vice President of the People's Justice Party | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2022 | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Faction represented inDewan Rakyat | |
| 2018–2022 | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Awang Husaini bin Sahari (1967-03-02)2 March 1967 (age 58) Sabah, Malaysia |
| Citizenship |  Malaysia |
| Political party |  People's Justice Party (PKR) |
| Other political affiliations |  Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Relations | Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari(Elder brother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Awang Husaini bin Sahari (born 2 March 1967) is aMalaysianpolitician who served as theMember of Parliament (MP) forPutatan from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of thePeople's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of thePakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He has served as the Vice President of PKR since July 2022. He is also brother of Member of theSabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forPetagasAwang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari.
In the2018 general election, PKR fielded him to contest the Putatan federal seat, facingMarcus Mojigoh from theUnited Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the rulingBarisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1] Awang won the seat.[2] In the2022 general election, he was renominated to contest for the Putatan seat but was narrowly defeated byShahelmey Yahya from BN andUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO) by 124 votes.
On 20 July 2022, 3 days after the2022 PKR party elections officially ended, he was appointed Vice President of PKR along withPermatang Pauh MPNurul Izzah Anwar who was in the position for 8 years from 2010 to 2018 and new officeholderSaraswathy Kandasami by PKR presidentAnwar Ibrahim after the decision was made in the PKR Central Leadership Council (MPP) meeting that night.
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P173Putatan | Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) | 14,106 | 45.81% | Marcus Mojigoh (UPKO) | 11,767 | 38.22% | 31,865 | 2,339 | 77.13% | ||
| Zulzaim Hilmee Abidin (PAS) | 2,434 | 7.91% | ||||||||||
| Jivol @ Edmund Doudilim (PHRS) | 1,755 | 5.70% | ||||||||||
| Mil Kusin Abdillah (ANAK NEGERI) | 728 | 2.36% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) | 16,110 | 39.06% | Shahelmey Yahya (UMNO) | 16,234 | 39.36% | 42,221 | 124 | 65.30% | |||
| Ahmad Mohd Said (WARISAN) | 8,511 | 20.63% | ||||||||||
| Poyne Tudus @ Patrick Payne (PEJUANG) | 394 | 0.96% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | N23Petagas | Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) | % | Awang Ahmad Sah Awang Sahari (IND) | % | |||||||
| Uda Sulai (WARISAN) | % | |||||||||||
| Afifi Saif (PAS) | % | |||||||||||
| Adelaide Cornelius (KDM) | % | |||||||||||
| Annita Shiela Among (STAR) | % | |||||||||||
| Jason Lee Nyuk Soon (UPKO) | % | |||||||||||
| Aslin Samat (IMPIAN) | % | |||||||||||
| Sabrezani Sabdin (ANAK NEGERI) | % | |||||||||||
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