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Abdul Ghafar bin Atan (Jawi: عبدالغفار بن أتن; ‎13 July 1956 – 17 November 2021) was a Malaysian politician. He served as Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) from March 2008 to May 2018 and again from March 2020 to his death in November 2021, as well as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Asahan from May 2013 to his death in November 2021 and Gadek from March 2004 to May 2013. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and also the Alor Gajah UMNO chief.[1]

Politics

Abdul Ghafar first contested as a BN candidate in the 11th general election in the Gadek state constituency in 2004 and went on to defend the seat in the 12th general election in 2008. In the 13th general election in 2013, he contested the Asahan seat and defended it in the 14th general election (GE14) in 2018.[2]

Death

On 4 November 2021, it was announced Abdul Ghafar would not be picked by UMNO as the BN candidate on nomination day on 8 November to give way to younger face to defend the Asahan seat,[3][4] considered the hottest constituency in the Malacca state election on 20 November.[5]

After being dropped as the election candidate, he was screened and tested positive for COVID-19 at a private hospital on 7 November[6] and when his health deteriorated into critical condition later, he was put under an induced coma in the intensive care unit of Malacca General Hospital on the night of 9 November.[7][8] Abdul Ghafar subsequently died from the complications at age 65 in the hospital at 1.04pm on 17 November leaving behind his wife, Rabiah Hassan.[9][10] He was buried according to the COVID-19 pandemic standard operating procedure (SOP) at the Kampung Asahan Muslim Cemetery in Malacca.[11][12]

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly[13][14]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N07 Gadek,
P135 Alor Gajah
rowspan=2 Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO) 5,871 77.99% Шаблон:Party shading/PAS | Yahaya Ja'alam (PAS) 1,185 15.74% 7,755 4,686 71.84%
Шаблон:Party shading/Keadilan | S. Sibapatham (keADILan) 472 6.27%
2008 Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO) 5,326 69.75% Шаблон:Party shading/Keadilan | S. Kanageswari (PKR) 2,310 30.25% 7,878 3,016 73.29%
2013 N09 Asahan,
P135 Alor Gajah
Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO) 8,257 65.24% Шаблон:Party shading/PAS | Wong Chee Chew (PAS) 4,400 34.76% 12,898 3,857 86.30%
2018 rowspan=2 Шаблон:Party shading/Barisan Nasional | Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO) 5,942 45.80% Шаблон:Party shading/Keadilan | Zamzuri Arifin (BERSATU) 5,667 43.68% 13,239 275 82.69%
Шаблон:Party shading/PAS | Azlan Maddin (PAS) 1,365 10.52%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

See also

References

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External links

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