Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (born 15 March 1974) is a Malaysian politician of Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Jerai constituency in Kedah for one term from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) before joining AMANAH in 2016. Firdaus was elected to the Jerai seat in the 2008 election, defeating incumbent Badruddin Amiruldin of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Prior to the election, Firdaus was a religious teacher (). He was defeated in the 2013 election by BN's Jamil Khir Baharom.
Election results + Parliament of Malaysia Percentage figures based on total turnout. Results only available from the 2004 election.YearConstituency CandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2008P012 Jerai (PAS)26,51052.27%Badruddin Amiruldin (UMNO)24,21147.73%51,9132,29978.97%2013Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (PAS)31,23349.06% (UMNO)32,42950.94%64,7781,19687.06%
+ Kedah State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2018N18 Tokai Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (AMANAH) 6,63221.97% (PAS)15,94152.33%30,8958,04985.19%Fatahi Omar (UMNO)7,89225.91%
Honours
Member of the Order of the Crown of Kedah (AMK) (2013) Recipient of the Public Service Star (BKM) (2009)
See also Jerai (federal constituency)
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