Fahmi Zainol

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Malay name|Fahmi|Zainol|note=on}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Tuan

| name = Fahmi Zainol

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|فهمى زينول}}}}

| native_name_lang =

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|MLA (Penang)}}

| image = FahmiZainolMLAPantaiJerejak2024.png

| caption = Fahmi Zainol in 2024

| office = Member of the
Penang State Executive Council

| term_start = 16 August 2023
{{small|(Agrotechnology, Food Security, and Cooperative Development)}}

| term_end =

| governor = Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
{{small|(2023–2025)}}
Ramli Ngah Talib
{{small|(since 2025)}}

| 1blankname = Chief Minister

| 1namedata = Chow Kon Yeow

| predecessor = Norlela Ariffin
{{small|(Agrotechnology and Food Security)}}
Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman
{{small|(Cooperative)}}

| successor =

| constituency = Pantai Jerejak

| constituency_AM2 = Pantai Jerejak

| assembly2 = Penang State Legislative

| term_start2 = 12 August 2023

| term_end2 =

| predecessor2 = Saifuddin Nasution Ismail
(PHPKR)

| successor2 =

| majority2 = 8,597 (2023)

| birth_name = Fahmi bin Zainol

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1991}}

| birth_place = Malaysia

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| resting_place =

| citizenship = {{MAS}}

| party = {{flagicon image|Parti Keadilan Rakyat logo.svg}} People's Justice Party (PKR)

| otherparty = {{flagicon image|Pakatan-harapan-logo.svg}} Pakatan Harapan (PH)

| occupation = Politician

| profession =

| parents =

| relations =

| spouse = Nur Hidayah Abd Jabar

| children = 3

| alma_mater = Universiti Malaya

| office2 =

| termstart2 =

| office5 = State Vice Chairman of the
People's Justice Party of Penang

| president5 = Anwar Ibrahim

| termstart5 = 2023

| 1blankname5 = State Chairwoman

| 1namedata5 = Nurul Izzah Anwar

| alongside5 = Goh Choon Aik &
Kumaresan Aramugam &
Muhammad Fadzli Roslan &
Nurhidayah Che Rose

}}

Fahmi bin Zainol (born 1991) is a Malaysian politician who has served as a Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pantai Jerejak since August 2023. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.

Political career

Fahmi is a student activist and was the President of the Students' Council at the Universiti Malaya in 2013 before entering politics. He joined PKR on 3 November 2015 and was appointed Chairman of the Student Bureau in the Youth Wing. In 2018, he was chosen as the Election Director for the Youth Wing. In the same year, he was elected as the Chief of the PKR Youth Wing of Penang state and Permatang Pauh Division. In 2022, he competed against Adam Adli for the Chief of PKR Youth Wing but lost. However, he was elected to the PKR central committee and was re-elected as the Chief of the PKR Youth Wing of Penang state and Permatang Pauh Division.{{Cite web |last=SEJAHAN |first=ZAREEN HUMAIRAH |date=2022-05-19 |title=Fahmi Zainol kekal Ketua AMK Permatang Pauh |url=https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2022/05/fahmi-zainol-kekal-ketua-amk-permatang-pauh/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Utusan Malaysia |language=ms-MY}}{{Cite web |last=ADAM |first=ASHMAN |date=2022-04-18 |title=PKR polls: Who are Adam Adli and Fahmi Zainol, the two young guns running for the post of Youth wing chief? |url=https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2022/04/18/pkr-polls-who-are-adam-adli-and-fahmi-zainol-the-two-young-guns-running-for/2054108 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Malay Mail |language=en}}

Election results

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|+Penang State Legislative Assembly{{cite web |title=RESULTS OF CONTESTED ELECTION AND STATEMENTS OF THE POLL AFTER THE OFFICIAL ADDITION OF VOTES |url=https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1852022/PUB%20373.pdf |access-date=2023-11-28}}

!Year

!Constituency

! colspan="2" |Candidate

!Votes

!Pct.

! colspan="2" |Opponent(s)

!Votes

!Pct.

!Ballots cast

!Majority

!Turnout

rowspan="3" |2023

| rowspan="3" |N36 Pantai Jerejak

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/PH}} |

| rowspan="3" |{{nowrap|Fahmi Zainol}} (PKR)

| rowspan="3" align=right|14,116

| rowspan="3" |69.93%

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

|Oh Tong Keong (GERAKAN)

| align=right|5,519

|27.34%

| rowspan="3" |20,334

| rowspan="3" |8,597

| rowspan="3" |68.03%

bgcolor={{Party color|Malaysian United Democratic Alliance}} |

|Priyankaa Loh Siang Pin (MUDA)

| align=right|476

| align=right|2.36%

bgcolor= red |

|Ravinder Singh (PRM)

| align=right|76

| align=right|0.38%

References