Natrah Ismail

{{Short description|Malaysian politician (1950–2023)}}

{{Malay name|Natrah|Ismail}}

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| honorific-prefix =

| name = Natrah Ismail

| native_name = نطره إسماعيل

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| birth_name = Natrah binti Ismail

| birth_date = {{birth date|1950|9|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kampung Lubok Batu, Segamat District, Johor, Federation of Malaya

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|11|2|1950|9|14|df=y}}

| death_place = Segamat District, Johor, Malaysia

| constituency_MP = Sekijang

| parliament = Malaysian

| term_start = 9 May 2018

| term_end = 19 November 2022

| predecessor = Anuar Abdul Manap
(BNUMNO)

| successor = Zaliha Mustafa
(PHPKR)

| majority = 1,281 (2018)

| office1 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm1 = 2018–2022

| suboffice1 = Pakatan Harapan{{cite web|url=http://pru.sinarharian.com.my/undian/johor/sekijang|title=Keputusan Negeri Johor|work=Sinar Harian|access-date=9 October 2018|language=ms}}

| citizenship = Malaysian

| party = People's Justice Party (PKR)

| otherparty = Pakatan Harapan (PH)

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Natrah binti Ismail (14 September 1950 – 2 November 2023) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekijang from May 2018 to November 2022. She was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180530_P.U.%20%28B%29%20318.pdf|title=Federal Government Gazette: Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes - Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Johore|date=28 May 2018|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia|access-date=8 October 2018}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Political career

Natrah made her electoral debut in the Johor state assembly elections in 2013 in a losing effort to UMNO’s Ayub Rahmat by 2,260 votes in the Kemelah constituency.

Five years later in 2018, she won a rematch against Ayub, this time defeating him by 1,281 votes to win the Sekijang parliamentary seat.

Natrah was one of the first-time MPs elected as the Pakatan Harapan coalition swept into power, ending the 61 years rule of the BN federal government.

In 2021, Natrah claimed she had been approached to defect and give her support as a federal lawmaker to the Perikatan Nasional government led by the then-Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/amp/category/nation/2021/03/06/lodge-report-with-us-over-offer-to-switch-sides-macc-tells-sekijang-mp/ She was later reported to have rejected the offer. However, in the 2022 general election, she was not fielded as a PKR candidate due to her ailing heath, with Dr Zaliha Mustafa succeeding her as the Sekijang MP.

Death

Natrah Ismail died from cancer on 2 November 2023, at the age of 73.[https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/11/02/pkrs-former-sekijang-mp-natrah-ismail-dies/99928 PKR’s former Sekijang MP Natrah Ismail dies]

Election results

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|+ Johor State Legislative Assembly

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2013

|N04 Kemelah

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Natrah Ismail (PKR)

|align="right"|7,657

|43.57%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Ayub Rahmat}} (UMNO)

|align="right" |9,917

|56.43%

|17,803

|2,260

|87.06%

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia

! Year

! Constituency

! colspan=2|Candidate

! Votes

! Pct

! colspan=2|Opponent(s)

! Votes

! Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2018

|P141 Sekijang, Johor

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|{{nowrap|Natrah Ismail}} (PKR)

|align="right" |19,559

|51.69%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|Ayub Rahmat (UMNO)

|align="right" |18,278

|48.31%

|38,527

|1,281

|84.97%

References

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