Jefridin Atan

Dato' Haji Jefridin bin Haji Atan (born 19 January 1968) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kukup since March 2022.[1] He served as the Senator from September 2020 to September 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Tanjung Piai of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Yang Berhormat Dato' Haji
Jefridin Atan
DIMP MLA
جفرالدين أتن
Senator
Elected by the
Johor State Legislative Assembly
In office
13 September 2020 – 12 September 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2022–2023)
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
for Kukup
Assumed office
12 March 2022
Preceded byMohd Othman Yusof
(BN–UMNO)
Majority8,201 (2022)
Personal details
Born (1968-01-19) 19 January 1968
Pontian Kecil, Johor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional
OccupationPolitician

Politics

He was the private secretary to the former Prime Minister, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from 2001.[2] A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the major component of the Barisan Nasional (BN), he is also the incumbent party's Division Head of Tanjung Piai.[2][3]

During the 2019 Tanjung Piai by-election that was triggered following the death of Mohamed Farid Md Rafik, Jefridin was widely considered as the potential candidate of the BN coalition.[4] This was despite of the stronghold of the former MP Wee Jeck Seng from the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), another component of the BN, the majority voters of the constituency are Malays.[4] However, the BN had finally chosen Wee Jeck Seng,[5] who later defeated the then ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate, Karmaine Sardini.[6]

On 13 September 2020, Jefridin was appointed as a Senator by the Johor State Legislative Assembly, after recommended by the Menteri Besar, Hasni Mohammad.[2][7] He was officially inaugurated 2 days later.[8]

On 12 March 2022, he won the Kukup seat of the Johor State Legislative Assembly.

Election results
Johor State Legislative Assembly[1]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballot cast Majority Turnout
2022 N56 Kukup, P165 Tanjung Piai Jefridin Atan (UMNO) 11,640 60.37% Mahahtir Iskandar Muhammad (BERSATU) 3,439 17.84% 19,282 8,201 55.69%
Mohd Zaiful Bakri (PKR) 3,276 16.99%
Zamzam Hashim (PEJUANG) 927 4.81%

Honours

References
  1. "Dashboard SPR". dashboard.spr.gov.my. Archived from the original on 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  2. "Johor assembly: Tanjung Piai Umno division chief Jefridin Atan appointed senator". 13 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. "DUN Johor lulus Datuk Jefridin Atan sebagai senator". 13 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  4. "UMNO mungkin bertanding PRK Tanjung Piai - Zahid". 5 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. "Wee calon BN di PRK Tanjung Piai". 30 October 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. "BN tawan semula Tanjung Piai". 16 November 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. "Jefridin dilantik sebagai Ahli Dewan Negara". 13 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. "Ketua Umno Tanjung Piai angkat sumpah sebagai ahli Dewan Negara". 15 September 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
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