Megat Hashirat Hassan

Malaysian politician

2022–Perikatan Nasional Personal detailsBorn

Megat Hashirat bin Hassan

CitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)Other political
affiliationsPerikatan Nasional (PN)EducationPulau Nyior National Secondary School
Alor Setar Technical Secondary SchoolAlma materCheras Teaching Technical College
University of Technology Malaysia
Northern University of MalaysiaOccupationPoliticianProfessionTeacher

Megat Hashirat Hassan is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pauh since November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the coalition. He is the Acting Division Chief and Division Deputy Chief of BERSATU of Arau, State Information Chief of BERSATU of Perlis and Deputy Information Chief of PN of Arau. He is also presently one of the three BERSATU Perlis EXCO Members along with Izizam Ibrahim and Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak.^[1]

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (since 2022)

In the 2022 Perlis state election, the ruling BN suffered from huge defeat and wipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first ever transition of power in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds supermajority of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis and Sanglang MLA Mohd Shukri replaced Azlan Man as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Megat Hashirat was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology, Communication, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology, Social Unity and Health.^[2]

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 state election, Megat Hashirat made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Pauh state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Pauh MLA after defeating Syed Atif Syed Abu Bakar of BN, Azhar Ameir of PH and Mohd Khalid Samad of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 2,229 votes.^[3]

Election results

**Perlis State Legislative Assembly**^[4]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	N11 Pauh	Megat Hashirat Hassan (BERSATU)	4,924	44.18%	Syed Atif Syed Abu Bakar (UMNO)	2,695	24.18%	11,145	2,229	76.60%
					Azhar Ameir (PKR)	2,369	21.26%
					Mohd Khalid Samad (WARISAN)	1,157	10.38%

References

^ "Megat Hashirat Hassan". Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "6 ADUN PN angkat sumpah EXCO Perlis". Berita Harian (in Malay). 25 November 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "15 ADUN Perlis angkat sumpah". Berita Harian (in Malay). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15". Astro Awani. Retrieved 6 May 2023.