Abdul Rashid Asari

Abdul Rashid Asari
عبدالرشيد بن عصري
Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
(Culture, Tourism, Malay Civilisation and Heritage)
In office
14 May 2018 – 5 March 2020
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarAzmin Ali
(2018)
Amirudin Shari
(2018–2020)
Preceded byAmirudin Shari
(Culture)
Elizabeth Wong
(Tourism)
Ahmad Yunus Hairi
(Malay Civilisation and Heritage)
Succeeded byBorhan Aman Shah
(Culture, Malay Civilisation and Heritage)
Hee Loy Sian
(Tourism)
ConstituencySelat Kelang
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Selat Kelang
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byHalimah Ali (PAS)
Majority500 (2018)
8,325 (2023)
Personal details
Born
Abdul Rashid bin Asari

17 October 1951
Selangor, Federation of Malaya
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2003)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2003)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2017–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
OccupationPolitician

Abdul Rashid bin Asari (born 17 October 1951) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Selat Klang since May 2018. He served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteris Besar Azmin Ali and Amirudin Shari from May 2018 to his removal from office in March 2020. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly PH coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P097 Selayang Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU) 49,154 33.93% William Leong Jee Keen (PKR) 72,773 50.23% 144,881 23,619 79.81%
Chan Wun Hoong (MCA) 19,425 13.41%
Salleh Amiruddin (PEJUANG) 2,584 1.78%
Muhammad Zaki Omar (Independent) 945 0.65%
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N44 Selat Kelang Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU) 12,266 35.99% Halimah Ali (PAS) 11,766 34.52% 34,571 500 83.55%
Mohd Khairi Hussin (UMNO) 9,949 24.19%
Jeichandran Wadivelu (PRM) 52 0.15%
Zainal Azwar Kamaruddin (IND) 49 0.14%
2023 Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU) 25,143 58.88% Roslee Abd Hamid (UMNO) 16,818 39.38% 42,703 8,325 74.12%
Ezam Mohd Nor (PRM) 742 1.74%

Honours