Sabu is new deputy, Husam joins Salahuddin, Mahfuz as VPs

Mohamad Sabu (pic) has been elected as the new deputy president, beating the incumbent Nasharudin Mat Isa and fellow challenger Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man.

Results of the polls held yesterday were announced by PAS’s election commitee charman Abdul Halim Abd Rahman, this morning.

Out of 1,045 votes cast, Sabu obtained 420 votes, while Tuan Ibrahim 399 and Nasharuddin 224.

Vice presidents

Meanwhile, the vice president’s contest saw two incumbents remaining in their posts. They are Salahudin Ayub and Mahfuz Omar. They are now joined by Kelantan Exco member Husam Musa (left).

Salahuddin gained the highest number of votes at 753, followed by Husam (660) and Mahfuz (616).

Three other vice presidency candidates who failed to occupy the posts are Idris Ahmad who gained 491 votes, Mohd Amar Abdullah (321) and Mohamad Nizar Jamaludin (217).

Another former vice president Tuan Ibrahim, who in the last polls gained the most number of votes, did not join the race following his acceptance of the deputy president’s contest.

Meanwhile, 18 candidates have been appointed as Central Committee members, with the highest number of votes obtained by Mazlan Aliman (right), chairman of the Felda whistleblower group ANAK. The following is the full list:

1) Mazlan Aliman (804)
2) Dr Mohd Hatta Md Ramli (765)
3) Kamarudin Jaafar (739)
4) Hanipa Maidin (735)
5) Azizan Abdul Razak (721)
6) Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (702)
7) Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa (651)
8) Khalid Samad (643)
9) Abdul Ghani shamsuddin (579)
10) Amiruddin Hamzah (576)
11) Abdul Wahid Endut (556)
12) Abu Bakar Chik (527)
13) Mohd Amar Abdullah (470)
14) Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud (445)
15) Mahfodz Mohamed (449)
16) Hassan Ali (437)
17) Abdul Ghani Abd Rahman (430)
18) Nuridah Salleh (416)