Awang Husaini Sahari

Awang Husaini Sahari
أواڠ حسيني صحارى
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Putatan
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byMarcus Mojigoh
(BNUPKO)
Succeeded byShahelmey Yahya
(BN–UMNO)
Majority2,339 (2018)
Vice President of the
People's Justice Party
(Appointed)
In office
20 July 2022 – 23 May 2025
Serving with
PresidentAnwar Ibrahim
Preceded byMichael Teo Yu Keng
Succeeded byRoland Engan
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2022Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
BornAwang Husaini bin Sahari
(1967-03-02) 2 March 1967
Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship Malaysia
Party People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other party
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
RelationsAwang Ahmad Sah
(Elder brother)
EducationLa Salle Secondary School, Kota Kinabalu
Anglia Ruskin University
OccupationPolitician

Awang Husaini bin Sahari (born 2 March 1967) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putatan from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member and the Division Chief of Putatan of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He served as an appointed Vice President of PKR (Borneo Quota) from July 2022 to May 2025.[1]

Political career

Member of Parliament for Putatan (2018–2022)

In the 2018 general election, PKR fielded him to contest the Putatan federal seat, facing Marcus Mojigoh from the United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Organisation (UPKO), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2] Awang won the seat.[3] In the 2022 general election, he was renominated to contest for the Putatan seat. Unfortunately, he was narrowly defeated by Shahelmey Yahya from BN and United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) by only 124 votes.

Vice President of the People's Justice Party (2022–2025)

On 20 July 2022, 3 days after the 2022 PKR party elections officially ended, he was appointed as Vice President of PKR alongside Permatang Pauh MP Nurul Izzah Anwar who was in the position for 8 years from 2010 to 2018 and new officeholder Saraswathy Kandasami by PKR President Anwar Ibrahim after the decision was made in the PKR Central Leadership Council (MPP) meeting that night.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[4]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 P173 Putatan Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) 14,106 45.81% Marcus Mojigoh (UPKO) 11,767 38.22% 31,865 2,339 77.13%
Zulzaim Hilmee Abidin (PAS) 2,434 7.91%
Edmund Jivol Doudilim (PHRS) 1,755 5.70%
Mil Kusin Abdillah Sulai
(ANAK NEGERI)
728 2.36%
2022 Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) 16,110 39.06% Shahelmey Yahya
(Sabah UMNO)
16,234 39.36% 42,221 124 65.30%
Ahmad Mohd Said (WARISAN) 8,511 20.63%
Poyne Tudus @ Patrick Payne (PEJUANG) 394 0.96%
Sabah State Legislative Assembly[5]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2025 N23 Petagas Awang Husaini Sahari (PKR) 3,016 22.52% Awang Ahmad Sah (IND) 4,271 31.89% 13,594 1,255 67.75%
Uda Sulai (WARISAN) 2,912 21.74%
Jason Lee Nyuk Soon (UPKO) 1,306 9.75%
Mohd Afifi Shaiffuddin (PAS) 1,283 9.58%
Annita Shiela F. Among (STAR) 276 2.06%
Aslin Samat (IMPIAN) 133 0.99%
Adelaide Cornelius (KDM) 122 0.91%
Sabrezani Sabdin
(ANAK NEGERI)
40 0.30%
Patrick Manius (IND) 34 0.25%

Honours

References

  1. ^ "Saudara Awang Husaini Bin Sahari". Keadilan Rakyat.
  2. ^ Jenne Lajiun (28 April 2018). "Mojigoh to face four opponents in Putatan". The Borneo Post. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  3. ^ Nandini Balakrishnan (10 May 2018). "Historic Win: The Complete Result Of GE14's Parliamentary Seats Across Malaysia". Says.com. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  5. ^ "The winners of the 17th Sabah state election". Free Malaysia Today. 30 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2018" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.
  7. ^ "Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2019" (PDF). www.sabah.gov.my.