Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Malay name|Ahmad Tarmizi|Sulaiman|note=on}}

{{infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|SDK|MP|size=100%}}

| birth_name = Ahmad Tarmizi bin Sulaiman

| otherparty = Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
{{small|(2018–2020)}}
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
{{small|(since 2020)}}

| party = Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)

| children =

| spouse =

| birth_place = Kampung Pau, Sik District, Kedah, Malaysia

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|08|07|df=yes}}

| successor4 =

| predecessor4 = Mansor Abd Rahman
(BNUMNO)

| term_end4 =

| term_start4 = 9 May 2018

| majority4 = 42,772 (2018)
51,659 (2022)

| parliament4 = Malaysian

| image = Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman.jpg

| constituency_MP4 = Sik

| occupation = Politician

| native_name = أَحْمَد تَرْمِذِي سُلَيْمَان

}}

Ahmad Tarmizi bin Sulaiman is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sik since May 2018.{{Cite web |title=Dashboard PRU14 |url=https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/pru14/#!/parliament/2/P.013 |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=dashboard.spr.gov.my |archive-date=2022-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305094740/https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/pru14/#!/parliament/2/P.013 |url-status=dead }} He was Deputy President of the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisation (MAPIM). He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN), formerly Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) and Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.

Political career

= Candidate for the Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (2013) =

== 2013 Kedah state election ==

In the 2013 Kedah state election, Ahmad Tarmizi made his electoral debut after being nominated by PR to contest for the Jeneri state seat. He lost to Mahadzir Abdul Hamid of Barisan Nasional (BN) by a minority of 2,060 votes.

= Member of Parliament (since 2018) =

== 2018 general election ==

In the 2018 general election, Ahmad Tarmizi was nominated by GS to contest for the Sik federal seat. He won the seat and was elected to the Parliament as the Sik MP for the first term after defeating defending MP Mansor Abd Rahman of BN and Azli Che Uda of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a majority of 42,772 votes.

== 2022 general election ==

In the 2022 general election, Ahmad Tarmizi was nominated by PN to defend the Sik seat. He defended the seat and was reelected to Parliament as the Sik MP for the second term after defeating of Maizatulakmam Othman Ibrahim of BN and Latifah Mohammad Yatim of PH by a majority of 51,659 votes.

Other career

= Non-governmental organisation =

As the Deputy President of MAPIM,{{Cite web|title=Organisasi MAPIM|url=https://www.mapim.org/gerakkerja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206005350/https://www.mapim.org/gerakkerja|archive-date=2020-12-06|access-date=2020-11-30}} Ahmad Tarmizi participated in its mission to spread humanitarianism to other Islamic nations.

Election results

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"

|+ Kedah State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia|language=Malay|accessdate=17 May 2018|archive-date=13 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200913134822/https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|url-status=dead}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite news|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|newspaper=The Star|accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2013

|N23 Jeneri

|{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman (PAS)

| align="right" |10,258

|45.44%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

| Mahadzir Abdul Hamid (UMNO)

|align="right" |12,318

|54.56%

|22,576

|2,060

|89.80%

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"

|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{Cite web |title=14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kedah |url=https://election.thestar.com.my/kedah.html |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=election.thestar.com.my}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan="2" |2018

| rowspan="4" |P013 Sik

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/PAS}}|

| rowspan="2" |Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman (PAS)

| rowspan="2" align=right|20,088

| rowspan="2" |46.97%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Mansor Abd Rahman (UMNO)

|14,870

|34.77%

| rowspan="2" |42,772

| rowspan="2" |5,218

| rowspan="2" |84.89%

{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Azli Che Uda (AMANAH)

| align=right|6,970

|16.30%

rowspan=2|2022

|rowspan=2 bgcolor={{party color|Perikatan Nasional}} |

|rowspan=2|{{nowrap|Ahmad Tarmizi Sulaiman}} (PAS)

|rowspan=2 align="right" |34,606

|rowspan=2|67.64%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Maizatulakmam Othman @Ibrahim (UMNO)

|align="right" |12,189

|25.06%

|rowspan=2|21,787

|rowspan=2|51,659

|rowspan=2|81.05%

{{Party shading/PH}} |

|Latifah Mohammad Yatim (AMANAH)

| align="right" |3,736

| align=right|7.30%

Honours

References