Anuar bin Abd Manap is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pemanis March 2022. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekijang from 2013 to 2018.MP profile He is a member and the Deputy Division Chief of Sekijang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Malaysia's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Early days He was born in Kampung Layang-layang, Kluang, Johor on 30 December 1976. His family later moved to Felda Pemanis, Segamat, Johor and he was raised there.
Education Anuar started studying at Felda Pemanis LKTP Primary School in 1982. He then went to secondary school at Sekolah Menengah Arab Khairiah Gubah Segamat in 1988. In 1991, he continued to study form 4 at Sekolah Menengah Buloh Kasap Segamat.
In 1993, he entered the Sal Group Of Colleague for a Diploma in Information Technology course and subsequently to Charles Sturt University Australia in 1995 for Bachelor of Information Technology.
Politics In the 2013 general election (GE13), he defeated People's Justice Party (PKR) candidate Julailey Jemadi with a majority of 3,007 votes to win the Sekijang parliamentary seat.
In the 2018 general election (GE14), he was chosen by UMNO as BN candidate to contest the Johor State Legislative Assembly seat of Kemelah which he had lost.
In the 2022 Johor state election, he won the Pemanis seat with a majority of 4,187.
Private life He is married to Zaleha bt Yahya and Siti Nurasmah bt Osman, and raised 4 children.
Election results + Parliament of Malaysia YearConstituencyCandidate Votes PctOpponent(s) Votes PctBallots castMajorityTurnout2013P141 Sekijang (UMNO)19,93454.08%Julailey Jemadi (PKR)16,92745.92%37,5193,00787.12%
+ Johor State Legislative Assembly Results only available from the 2004 election. Percentage figures based on total turnout. Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidate VotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2018N04 KemelahAnuar Abdul Manap (UMNO)8,48142.83%Sulaiman Mohd Nor (AMANAH)10,83655.04%19,687 2,35584.60%2022N03 PemanisAnuar Abdul Manap (UMNO)8,67853.43%Yoong Thau (PKR)4,49127.65%16,2414,18754.28%Uzzair Ismail (BERSATU)3,82523.55%Azita Amrin (PEJUANG)2471.52%2026Anuar Abdul Manap (UMNO)14,50668.12%Jalex Lee En Xiang (PKR)6,12628.77%21,2958,38070.96% Arvientharan Anandan (MIPP)6633.11%
Honours
Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (2024)
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