Azizan bin Sulaiman is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from June 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Santan from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member and Division Deputy Chief of Padang Besar of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Azizan Sulaiman
عزيزان بن سليمان
Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council
(Housing, Local Government, Small Hawkers and Businessmen, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumer Affairs, Entrepreneur Development and Small and Medium Industries)
In office
13 June 2018 – 22 November 2022
MonarchSirajuddin
Menteri BesarAzlan Man
Preceded byMat Hassan
(Housing, Local Government, Hawkers and Small Business Development)
Asmaiza Ahmad
(Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs)
Ahamd Zakri Ali
(Small and Medium Industries)
Succeeded byFakhrul Anwar Ismail
ConstituencySantan
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
for Santan
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded bySabry Ahmad
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byMohammad Azmir Azizan
(PNPAS)
Majority949 (2018)
Faction represented in Perlis State Legislative Assembly
2018–2022Barisan Nasional
Personal details
BornPerlis, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician

Political career

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Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)

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On 13 June 2018, Azizan was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Housing, Local Government, Hawkers, Small Business Development, Domestic Trade, Co-operatives, Consumer Affairs, Entrepreneur Development and Small–Medium Industries by Menteri Besar Azlan.

On 22 November 2022, Azizan lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)

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2018 Perlis state election

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In the 2018 Perlis state election, Azizan made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Santan state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Santan MLA after defeating Che Mazlina Che Yob of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Baharuddin Ahmad of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by a majority of 949 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

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In the 2022 Perlis state election, Azizan was renominated by BN to defend the Santan seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Santan MLA after losing to Mohammad Azmir Azizan of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 2,108 votes.

Election results

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Perlis State Legislative Assembly[1][2]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N05 Santan Azizan Sulaiman (UMNO) 3,071 40.76% Che Mazlina Che Yob (AMANAH) 2,122 30.10% 7,393 949 82.96%
Baharuddin Ahmad (PAS) 2,088 29.14%
2022 Azizan Sulaiman (UMNO) 2,644 31.38% Mohammad Azmir Azizan (PAS) 4,752 56.40% 8,426 2,108 78.37%
Che Mazlina Che Yob (AMANAH) 1,030 12.22%

References

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  1. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  2. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.