Mohd Nurkhuzaini bin Ab Rahman (born 16 September 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar as well as Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kota Putera since May 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition.
Political career Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (since 2018) In the 2018 Terengganu state election, Mohd Nurkhuzaini was nominated by PAS to contest for the Kota Putera state seat. He won the seat and was elected as the Kota Putera MLA for the first term after defeating defending MLA Mohd Mahdi Musa of BN and candidate of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a majority of 1,181 votes.
Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (since 2018) On 10 May 2018 after PAS took over the state administration from BN after PAS defeated BN in the 2018 state election, Mohd Nurkhuzaini was appointed as Terengganu EXCO Member in charge of Entrepreneurship, Micro Industry and Hawker Affairs by Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri.
Election results + Terengganu State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout. Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2018N02 Kota Putera (PAS) 9,704 49.18%Mohd Mahdi Musa (UMNO) 8,523 43.20% 20,180 1,181 83.50%Tengku Roslan Tengku Othman @ Tengku Ramli (PKR) 1,504 7.62%2023 Mohd Nurkhuzaini Ab Rahman (PAS) 13,36058.31%Muhammad Pehimi Yusof (UMNO) 9,55141.69%23,0413,80970.26%
Honours
Companion of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SMT) Companion of the Order of Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (SMZ) (2022)
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