Kamaruddin Jaafar
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| Yang Berhormat Dato' Haji Kamaruddin Jaafar MP |
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tumpat, Kelantan |
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| Assumed office 1999 |
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| Preceded by | Wan Mohd. Jamil Wan Mahmood |
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| Born | 3 November 1951 Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (1999-2015) People's Justice Party (2015) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | kjtumpat |
Dato' Haji Kamaruddin Jaafar (born 3 November 1951) is a Malaysian politician and is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Tumpat constituency in Kelantan. He is a member of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition before he quit from PAS and joined PKR.[1]
Kamaruddin was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) before switching to PAS in 1999.[2] While a member of UMNO, he was considered a close associate of then Deputy Prime Minister and later Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim,[3] and was held in custody with Anwar under the Internal Security Act.[4] Since switching to PAS, Kamaruddin was elected to the Tumpat seat in the 1999, 2004, 2008 and 2013 elections.[5] For the 2004 election, he was the PAS Secretary-General.[2]
Election results
| Year | Opposition | Votes | Pct | Government | Votes | Pct | ||
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| 1995 | Wan Jamil Wan Mahmood (PAS) | 17,682 | 51% | Kamaruddin Jaafar | 15,764 | 46% | ||
| 1999 | Kamaruddin Jaafar (PAS) | 23,218 | 63% | Noor Zahidi Omar | 12,776 | 35% | ||
| 2004 | Kamaruddin Jaafar (PAS) | 27,919 | 51% | Mat Nawawi Mat Jusoh | 26,099 | 47% | ||
| 2008 | Kamaruddin Jaafar (PAS) | 36,714 | 56% | Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki | 27,337 | 42% | ||
| 2013 | Kamaruddin Jaafar (PAS) | 46,141 | 56% | Mansor Salleh | 35,527 | 43% | ||
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