en Abdul Rashid Asari

Yang Berhormat Datuk
Abdul Rashid Asari
PSD SMS MLA
Yang Berhormat Datuk Abdul Rashid Asari PSD SMS MLA
عبدالرشيد بن عصري
Member of the ; Selangor State Executive Council
	In office; 14 May 2018 – 5 March 2020 ; (Culture, Tourism, Malay Civilisation and Heritage)
Monarch	Sharafuddin
Menteri Besar	Azmin Ali ; (2018) ; Amirudin Shari ; (2018–2020)
Preceded by	Amirudin Shari ; (Culture) ; Elizabeth Wong ; (Tourism) ; Ahmad Yunus Hairi ; (Malay Civilisation and Heritage)
Succeeded by	Borhan Aman Shah ; (Culture, Malay Civilisation and Heritage) ; Hee Loy Sian ; (Tourism)
Constituency	Selat Kelang
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly; for Selat Kelang
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Halimah Ali ; (PR–PAS)
Majority	500 (2018) ; 8,325 (2023)
Personal details
Born	Abdul Rashid bin Asari; 17 October 1951 (age 73); Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) ; (–2003) ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) ; (2016–2024) ; Independent ; (since 2024)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) ; (–2003) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (2017–2020) ; Perikatan Nasional (PN) ; (2020–2024)
Occupation	Politician

Abdul Rashid bin Asari (born 17 October 1951) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Selat Klang since May 2018. He served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteris Besar Azmin Ali and Amirudin Shari from May 2018 to his removal from office in March 2020. He is an independent. He was a member and State Chairman of Selangor of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly PH coalition as well as the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Political career

Support for Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari

On 6 March 2024, Abdul Rashid declared support for Menteri Besar Amirudin and his state government. He became the first Opposition, PN and BERSATU MLA to do so. However, like the six Members of Parliament (MPs) who declared support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim at the federal level, he pledged loyalty to BERSATU and remained its member although supporting Amirudin and his state government. He added that the royal address by Sultan Sharafuddin praising the performance of Amirudin and his state government, the silence of BERSATU on the criticisms and allegations against the Sultan as well as the wellbeing of Selat Kelang were among his reasons of doing so.^[1]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P097 Selayang	Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU)	49,154	33.93%	William Leong Jee Keen (PKR)	72,773	50.23%	144,881	23,619	79.81%
					Chan Wun Hoong (MCA)	19,425	13.41%
					Salleh Amiruddin (PEJUANG)	2,584	1.78%
					Muhammad Zaki Omar (IND)	945	0.65%

**Selangor State Legislative Assembly**^[2]^[3]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N44 Selat Kelang	Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU)	12,266	35.99%	Halimah Ali (PAS)	11,766	34.52%	34,571	500	83.55%
					Mohd Khairi Hussin (UMNO)	9,949	24.19%
					Jeichandran Wadivelu (PRM)	52	0.15%
					Zainal Azwar Kamaruddin (IND)	49	0.14%
2023		Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU)	25,143	58.88%	Roslee Abd Hamid (UMNO)	16,818	39.38%	42,703	8,325	74.12%
2023		Abdul Rashid Asari (BERSATU)	25,143	58.88%	Ezam Mohd Nor (PRM)	742	1.74%	42,703	8,325	74.12%