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Adding local short description: "Malaysian politician", overriding Wikidata description "Member of the Parliament of Malaysia" (Shortdesc helper)

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{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Malay name|Mohd Nasir|Zakaria}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Mohd Nasir Zakaria
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|02|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kedah]], [[Malaysia]]
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency_MP = [[Padang Terap]], Kedah
| parliament = Malaysian
| term_start = 2008
| term_end = 2013
| majority1 =
| predecessor = Ghazali Ibrahim ([[UMNO]]–[[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| successor = [[Mahdzir Khalid]] ([[UMNO]]–[[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| office2 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 = 13
| constituency_AM2 =
| assembly2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 =
| term_start3 =
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| constituency3 =
| party = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) (until 2016) <br> [[Parti Amanah Negara]] (AMANAH) (since 2016)
| otherparty = [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR)<br />[[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH)
| occupation = Politician
| majority =
| relations =
| spouse =
| children =
| website = {{url|http://nasirzakaria.blogspot.com/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Mohd Nasir Zakaria''' (born 9 February 1976) is a Malaysian politician. From 2008 to 2013 he was the Member of the [[Parliament of Malaysia]] for the [[Padang Terap]] constituency in [[Kedah]]. He is a member of the opposition [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=11 |title=Mohd Nasir bin Zakaria, Y.B. Tuan |publisher=[[Parliament of Malaysia]] |language=Malay |accessdate=19 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003075817/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=11 |archivedate=3 October 2009 }}</ref>

Mohd Nasir was elected to Parliament in the [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008 election]], defeating the incumbent [[UMNO]] member Ghazali Ibrahim by 369 votes.<ref>{{Cite web
| last =
| first =
| authorlink =
| author2 =
| title = Malaysia Decides 2008
| work = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]
| date =
| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 20 December 2009}}</ref> Prior to his election, he was a businessman.<ref>{{Cite news
|last = Habibu
|first = Sira
|title = Good mix of candidates in Kedah
|newspaper = [[The Star (Malaysia)]]
|date = 22 February 2008
|url = http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/2/22/election2008/20080222204510&sec=Election2008
|accessdate = 20 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
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> He lost his seat in the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]] to the former Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Kedah, [[Mahdzir Khalid]], who had served for two terms as the state assemblyman for the seat of Pedu, which fell within Padang Terap's borders.

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]''': [[Padang Terap]], 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]]|accessdate=12 May 2013}} Percentage figures based on total turnout, excluding informal votes.</ref>
!|Year
!colspan=2|Opposition
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Government
!|Votes
!|Pct
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Mohd Nasir Zakaria'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |15,003
|51%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Ghazali Ibrahim ([[UMNO]])
|align="right" |14,634
|49%
|-
|[[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|Mohd Nasir Zakaria}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |16,212
|44%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''[[Mahdzir Khalid]]''' ([[UMNO]])
|align="right" |20,654
|56%
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:People from Kedah]]
[[Category:Malaysian Islamic Party politicians]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Malay descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian Muslims]]
[[Category:Members of the Dewan Rakyat]]

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