Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front | |
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| Malay name | Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia باريسن جماعه اسلاميه سمليسيا |
| Chinese name | 泛馬來西亞伊斯蘭陣綫 泛马来西亚伊斯兰阵线 Fàn mǎláixīyà yīsīlán zhènxiàn |
| Abbreviation | BERJASA / برجاس |
| President | Zamani Ibrahim |
| Secretary-General | Ir. Ts. Lukman Al Hakim |
| Deputy President | Dato' Rosli Bin Ramli |
| Vice President | Afif Badhrulhisham Abdul Samad Ashaari |
| Women Chief | Dr. Fadilah Ashaari |
| Youth Chief | Fahmi Bazlan Muda |
| Founder | Mohamed Nasir |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Youth wing | Angkatan Pemuda-Pemudi BERJASA (ANGKASA) |
| Women wing | Wanita BERJASA |
| Membership | 48,965 (Claimed) |
| Ideology | Islamism Islamic conservatism religious nationalism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| National affiliation | Barisan Nasional(1978-1983) Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah(1990–1996) Gagasan Sejahtera(2016–2020) Gerakan Tanah Air(since 2022) Perikatan Nasional(since 2025) Allied coalition Perikatan Nasional(2020-2022) Ikatan Prihatin Rakyat (since 2025) |
| Colors | Dark Pink |
| Slogan | "Kepimpinan Baharu Malaysia!" "New Leadership For Malaysia!" |
| Anthem | Bersama Pimpin Negara |
| Dewan Negara | 0 / 70 |
| Dewan Rakyat | 0 / 222 |
| State Legislative Assemblies | 0 / 607 |
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BERJASA is apolitical party inMalaysia. The party is part of a Malay-Islam based coalition named "Gerakan Tanah Air" .
The party was founded in 1977 by then Chief Minister of Kelantan,Mohamed Nasir, as a splinter of theMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS) against the backdrop of the1977 Kelantan Emergency, in which he played a major role. The party received the support of theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in the then-rulingBarisan Nasional (BN) coalition. The split proved to be severely detrimental to PAS in a state election called months ahead of the1978 Malaysian general election; among the 36 seats in the state's legislative assembly, UMNO won 23, BERJASA won 11, while PAS won only two.[2]
BERJASA subsequently joined BN, but support for BERJASA quickly dissolved and it only won four seats in the Kelantan state assembly in the1982 general election. The same year,Syed Hussein Alatas, who was the former president ofParti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia and a noted academic, joined BERJASA as a member of its supreme council.[3] He would quit the party in 1983.[4] BERJASA stayed out of the1986 general election as it had pulled out from BN in protest of the admission of another new splinter party of PAS,Parti Hizbul Muslimin Malaysia (HAMIM) into BN. In 1989, it joinedAngkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) opposition parties coalition under the leadership ofParti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46). It won only one state seat in the1990 general election but failed to retain it in1995 general election. APU alliance was subsequently dissolved in 1996 afterTengku Razaleigh Hamzah decided to dissolve it and rejoin UMNO. Since then, BERJASA only maintained minimal and nearly inactive participation in the political fray,[5] as evidenced from their participation in subsequent general elections.[6]
In the2013 general elections (GE13), in spite of the party empowered by the NGO ofMalaysian Muslim Solidarity orIkatan Muslimin Malaysia (ISMA) leaders; who contested under the ticket of BERJASA but all had lost as candidates.[7][8][9] Some of the ISMA leaders has joined BERJASA to remain active in politics since.[10]
BERJASA president Dr. Mustapa Kamal Maulut in announcing plan to contest the approaching2018 general elections (GE14), had controversially declared it's a 'Cooperative' party in order to attract potential voters who are also cooperative members, with contentious claim it's trying to develop the nation economy through the cooperative which were refuted by theAngkatan Koperasi Kebangsaan Malaysia Bhd (ANGKASA) andSuruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (SKM).[11][12][13] The party received a facelift in 2016 then when it joinedGagasan Sejahtera (GS), an informal alliance of opposition parties led by the PAS together withParti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (IKATAN).[14] In GE 14, under GS alliance BERJASA contested using PAS logo in three parliamentary seats, namely inCameron Highlands,Selayang andTanjung Piai and in the state seats of Sungai Manik and Batu Kurau.[15] The party failed to win any of the seats, with all of their candidates losing their deposits.[16] Feeling betrayed by PAS in GE14,[17] in the2019 Tanjung Piai by-election, BERJASA fielded its president, Prof. Dato' Dr. Badrulhisham Abdul Aziz to contest on its own banner ignoring the GS alliance.[18][19] but only obtained 850 votes to finish forth, in the six-cornered fight for the parliamentary seat.[20]
In September 2020, BERJASA officially unveiled "purple" as the party's new colours in line with its rejuvenation process to be a more vigorous and energetical party in facing a challenging political survival andforthcoming general election (G15).[21] Ustaz Zamani Ibrahim has been elected as the BERJASA president beginning 27 March 2021.[22][23] The apparent ISMA link has verified the speculations the NGO is taking over the political party to be its political vehicle amidst ISMA's denial.[24]
BERJASA team up withPEJUANG,PUTRA,IMAN to formGTA, and lost allseats.
Note:bold as Menteri Besar/Chief Minister,italic as junior partner
| Election | Total seats won | Seats contested | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Election leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 0 / 193 |  ;No representation in Parliament(Barisan Nasional) | N/A | |||
| 1982 | 0 / 193 | ;No representation in Parliament(Barisan Nasional) | N/A | |||
| 1999 | 0 / 193 | 45 | 409 | 0.01% | ;No representation in Parliament | N/A |
| 2013 | 0 / 222 | 9 | 31,835 | 0.29% | ;No representation in Parliament | N/A |
| 2018 | 0 / 222 | 1 | 81 | 0.00% | ;No representation in Parliament(Gagasan Sejahtera) | Abdul Kadir Mamat |
| 2022 | 0 / 222 | 9 | 4,252 | 0.03% | ;No representation in Parliament(Gerakan Tanah Air) | Zamani Ibrahim |
| State election | State Legislative Assembly | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedah | Kelantan | Perak | Pahang | Selangor | Total won / Total contested | |
| 2/3 majority | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 | 2 / 3 |
| 1978 | 11 / 36 | 0 / 32 | 11 / 28 | |||
| 1982 | 4 / 36 | 4 / 11 | ||||
| 1990 | 1 / 39 | 1 / 1 | ||||
| 1995 | 0 / 43 | 0 / 1 | ||||
| 2013 | 0 / 36 | 0 / 59 | 0 / 58 | 0 / 5 | ||
| 2018 | 0 / 59 | 0 / 2 | ||||
| 2022 | 0 / 42 | 0 / 1 | ||||
