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{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Malay name|Mohd Firdaus|Jaafar}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =[[Ustad|Ustaz]]
| name = Mohd Firdaus Jaafar
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|03|15}} ({{age in years and days|1974|03|15|df=y}})
| birth_place = [[Kedah]], [[Malaysia]]
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency_MP = Jerai, [[Kedah]]
| parliament = Malaysian
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 2013
| majority1 =
| predecessor = [[Badruddin Amiruldin]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]] - [[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| successor = [[Jamil Khir Baharom]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]] - [[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
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| party = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) (until 2016) [[Parti Amanah Negara]] (AMANAH) (2016 - present)
| otherparty = [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) (2008-2015) [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) (2016-present)
| occupation = Politician, [[Ustad|Ustaz]]
| majority =
| relations =
| spouse = 1. Kasmuri Jaafar 2. Nurul Huda Arshad (divorced) 3. Siti Balkis Husain
| children =
| website = {{url|http://pkwrjerai.blogspot.my/}} {{url|http://mohd-firdaus-jaafar.blogspot.com/}}
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'''Mohd Firdaus Jaafar''' (born 15 March 1974) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] politician of [[Parti Amanah Negara]] (AMANAH), a component party of [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) coalition. He was the Member of [[Parliament of Malaysia]] for the [[Jerai (federal constituency)|Jerai]] constituency in [[Kedah]] for one term from 2008 to 2013. He was a member of [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) before joining AMANAH in 2016. Firdaus was elected to the Jerai seat in the [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008 election]], defeating incumbent [[Badruddin Amiruldin]] of the ruling [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) coalition.<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Malaysia Decides 2008
| work = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]
| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/
| accessdate = 21 December 2009}}</ref> Prior to the election, Firdaus was a religious teacher ({{lang-ms|[[Ustad|Ustaz]]}}).<ref>{{Cite news| last =Habibu| first =Sira| title =Good mix of candidates in Kedah| newspaper =[[The Star (Malaysia)]]| url =http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/2/22/election2008/20080222204510&sec=Election2008| accessdate =21 December 2009| url-status =dead| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20110604044343/http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F2%2F22%2Felection2008%2F20080222204510&sec=Election2008| archivedate =4 June 2011}}</ref> He was defeated in the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]] by BN's [[Jamil Khir Baharom]].<ref name="GE13 results"/>

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]''': P.012 [[Jerai (federal constituency)|Jerai]], Kedah<ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay|accessdate=27 April 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="GE13 results">{{cite web |url=http://www2.pmo.gov.my/election/maklumat.asp?strTahun=2013&strDR=P012&strDUN=0000 |title=Maklumat Terperinci Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum 13 |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=Malay |accessdate=24 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141221135505/http://www2.pmo.gov.my/election/maklumat.asp?strTahun=2013&strDR=P012&strDUN=0000 |archive-date=21 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web | title = Malaysia General Election | work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data | publisher = [[Malaysiakini]] | url = http://undi.info/# | accessdate = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref>
!|Year
!colspan=2|Opposition
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Government
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Mohd Firdaus Jaafar'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''26,510'''
|'''52.27%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|[[Badruddin Amiruldin]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|align="right" |24,211
|47.73%
|51,913
|2,299
|78.97%
|-
|[[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Mohd Firdaus Jaafar ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |31,233
|49.06%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''[[Jamil Khir Baharom]]'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''32,429'''
|'''50.94%'''
|64,778
|1,196
|87.06%
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Kedah State Legislative Assembly]]''': N18 Tokai<ref name="undiinfo"/>
!|Year
!colspan=2|Government
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opposition
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| rowspan=2|Mohd Firdaus Jaafar ([[Parti Amanah Negara|AMANAH]])
| rowspan=2 align="right"|6,632
| rowspan=2|Unknown
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|}}Fatahi Omar ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|align="right" |7,892
|Unknown
| rowspan=2|Unknown
| rowspan=2|8,049
| rowspan=2|Unknown
|-
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|'''[[Mohd Hayati Othman]]''' ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''15,941'''
|'''Unknown'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Jerai (federal constituency)]]

==References==
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[[Category:People from Kedah]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:National Trust Party (Malaysia) politicians]]
[[Category:Malaysian Islamic Party politicians]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Malay descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian Muslims]]
[[Category:Members of the Dewan Rakyat]]
[[Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians]]

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