Kamarul Baharin Abbas

Dato' Kamarul Baharin bin Abbas (born 12 June 1947) is a Malaysian politician and the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Telok Kemang constituency in the state of Negeri Sembilan for two terms from 2008 to 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

In this Malay name, the name Baharin Abbas is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Kamarul.
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Kamarul Baharin Abbas
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Telok Kemang, Negeri Sembilan
In office
March 2008 – May 2018
Preceded bySothinathan Sinna Gounder (MIC—BN)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished and renamed Port Dickson
Personal details
Born (1947-06-12) 12 June 1947
Perak, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
OccupationPolitician

Kamarul was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election winning the seat of Telok Kemang. In doing so he unseated the incumbent member Sothinathan Sinna Gounder from the then still governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1][2] He was re-elected in 2013 general election. Kamarul was state chief of PKR for both the 2008 and 2013 elections.[3] He did not contest in the 2018 general election when the Telok Kemang constituency was abolished and renamed as Port Dickson.

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia: P132 Telok Kemang, Negeri Sembilan[1][4][5][6][7][8]
Year Opposition Votes Pct Government Votes Pct Independent Votes Pct
2008 Kamarul Baharin Abbas (PKR) 23,348 51% Sothinathan Sinna Gounder (MIC) 20,544 45%
2013 Kamarul Baharin Abbas (PKR) 29,848 50% Mogan Velayatham (MIC) 28,269 47% Kamarudin Kumaravel Abdullah (IND) 394 ≥1%
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See also

References
  1. "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  2. "Midnight win in Negri for BN". The Star. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. "PKR eyeing 13 seats in NS". Malaysiakini (subscription). 11 February 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  4. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  5. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  6. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  7. "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  8. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.


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