Ahmad Lai Bujang | |
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Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2008–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
Personal details | |
Born | 26 November 1949 Crown Colony of Sarawak |
Died | 9 August 2019 Institut Jantung Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | (aged 69)
Political party | PBB— Barisan Nasional |
Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Haji Ahmad Lai bin Bujang (26 November 1949 – 9 August 2019) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sibuti constituency in Sarawak, representing the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition. [1]
Ahmad was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, defeating Michael Teo Yu Keng of the People's Justice Party. [2] Prior to being elected as a member of parliament, he was one of the political secretaries to the then- Chief Minister of Sarawak, Abdul Taib Mahmud. [3] He was re-elected in 2013 and declined for health reasons to contest the 2018 election. He died on 9 August 2019, aged 69. [4]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout% | ||
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2008 | P218 Sibuti, Sarawak | Ahmad Lai Bujang ( PBB) | 8,238 | 64.22% | Michael Teo Yu Keng ( PKR) | 4,590 | 35.78% | 13,030 | 3,648 | 58.84% | ||
2013 | Ahmad Lai Bujang ( PBB) | 13,348 | 64.70% | Muhammad Zaid Tandang ( PAS) | 7,282 | 35.30% | 20,918 | 6,066 | 73.78% |