Anuar Tan Abdullah

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{family name hatnote|Tan (陈)|lang=Chinese}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato'

| name = Anuar Tan Abdullah

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

| native_name = {{nobold|陈升顿}} /
{{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|أنوار تان عبدﷲ}}}}

| native_name_lang = my-zh

| image = 150px

| caption =

| birth_name = Tan Teng Loon

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Kelantan, Malaysia

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Member of the
Kelantan State Executive Council
{{small|(Racial Relationship, Tourism, Environment and Health : 3 December 1999–22 March 2004)}}
{{small|(Arts, Tourism and National Unity : 23 March 2004–18 March 2008)}}
{{small|(Entrepreneur Development, Trade and Community Unity : 19 March 2008–7 May 2013)}}
{{small|(Industry, Trade and Community Unity : 8 May 2013–9 May 2018)}}

| monarch = Ismail Petra
{{small|(1999–2013)}}
Muhammad V
{{small|(2010–2018)}}

| 1blankname = Menteri Besar

| 1namedata = Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat
{{small|(1999–2013)}}
Ahmad Yakob
{{small|(2013–2018)}}

| 2blankname = Deputy

| 2namedata = Zulkifli Mamat (2010–2013)

| term_start = 3 December 1999

| term_end = 9 May 2018

| predecessor = Hassan Muhamad {{small|(Racial Relationship)}}

Abdullah Ya'kub {{small|(Tourism)}}
Hassan Abdullah {{small|(Health)}}

| successor = Hanifa Ahmad {{small|(Industry and Trade)}}

Md. Anizam Ab. Rahman {{small|(Community Unity)}}

| constituency = Kota Lama

| constituency_AM3 = Kota Lama

| assembly3 = Kelantan State Legislative

| majority3 = 445 (1999)
34 (2004)
5,206 (2008)
6,618 (2013)
1,445 (2018)

| term_start3 = 29 November 1999

| term_end3 = 12 August 2023

| predecessor3 = Leong Su Siang
(BNMCA)

| successor3 = Hafidzah Mustakim
(PHAMANAH)

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN) {{small|(1980–1998)}}

Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) {{small|(Since 1999)}}

| otherparty = Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Barisan Alternatif (BA)

| relations =

| occupation = Politician

| profession =

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}}

Anuar Tan bin Abdullah is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Kelantan State Executive Council (EXCO) from December 1999 to May 2018 and Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kota Lama from November 1999 to August 2023. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He was also the sole Kelantan MLA of Chinese ethnicity. He is a Chinese Muslim and the longest-serving Kota Lama MLA, serving for 24 years.

Election results

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|+ Kelantan 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 web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=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

1999

|N08 Kota Lama

|{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|{{nowrap|Anuar Tan Abdullah}} (PAS)

|align="right"| 8,470

| 51.35%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Leong Su Siang (MCA)

|align="right" | 8,025

| 48.65%

| 16,865

| 445

| 68.85%

2004

|rowspan=8|N09 Kota Lama

|{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Anuar Tan Abdullah (PAS)

|align="right"| 9,154

| 50.09%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Leong Su Siang (MCA)

|align="right" | 9,120

| 49.91%

| 18,543

| 34

| 74.81%

2008

|{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Anuar Tan Abdullah (PAS)

|align="right"| 12,867

| 62.68%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Tan Ken Ten (MCA)

|align="right" | 7,661

| 37.32%

| 20,804

| 5,206

| 76.94%

rowspan=2|2013

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

|rowspan=2| Anuar Tan Abdullah (PAS)

|rowspan=2 align="right"| 14,269

|rowspan=2| 64.65%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Tan Ken Ten (MCA)

|align="right" | 7,651

| 34.66%

|rowspan=2| 22,399

|rowspan=2| 6,618

|rowspan=2| 79.29%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Mohd Zakiman Abu Bakar (IND)

|align="right" | 152

|align="right" | 0.69%

rowspan=4|2018

|rowspan=4 {{Party shading/PAS}} |

|rowspan=4| Anuar Tan Abdullah (PAS)

|rowspan=4 align="right"| 8,410

|rowspan=4| 40.12%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman (BERSATU)

|align="right" | 6,965

| 33.23%

|rowspan=4| 21,367

|rowspan=4| 1,445

|rowspan=4| 75.89%

{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Chua Hock Kuan (MCA)

|align="right" | 5,502

| 26.25%

bgcolor={{Party color|Socialist Party of Malaysia}} |

|Khairul Nizam Abd Ghani (PSM)

|align="right" | 54

|align="right" | 0.26%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary (IND)

|align="right" | 29

|align="right" | 0.14%

Honours

  • {{Flag|Kelantan}} :
  • 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (DJMK) – Dato' (2003){{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2003/03/31/kelantan-sultans-honours-list/|title=Kelantan Sultan's honours list|date=31 March 2003|work=The Star|access-date=23 September 2018}}

References