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Zakaria Edris
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Libaran | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Juslie Ajirol (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Suhaimi Nasir (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 678 (2018) |
| State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah | |
| In office 2013–2018 | |
| Governor | Juhar Mahiruddin |
| Chief Minister | Musa Aman |
| Constituency | Gum-Gum |
| Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Gum-Gum | |
| In office 21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Arunarsin Taib (WARISAN) |
| Majority | 2,498 (2004) Walkover (2008) 2,357 (2013) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| 2018–2019 | Independent |
| 2019–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2004–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1950-07-16) 16 July 1950 (age 74) Crown Colony of North Borneo |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–2018) Independent (2018–2019) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2019–2023)  Gagasan Rakyat (since 2023) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018, aligned:since 2020) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)  Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (aligned:since 2020, member:since 2023) |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd Edris is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Libaran from May 2018 to November 2022, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a former member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), an official main component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and a former component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition also a former component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He also a former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and later joined BERSATU in 2019 until 2023.[1][2] In 2023, he officially became the member of Sabah People's Ideas Party (Gagasan Rakyat), the main component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) along with 7 other parties.
In the 2018 election, UMNO fielded him to contest the Libaran parliamentary seat,[3] facing a new candidate Irwanshah Mustapa from the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) and subsequently won.[4][5]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2004 | N41 Gum-Gum | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 3,679 | 75.70% | Tan Mui Ling (PKR) | 1,181 | 24.30% | 5,069 | 2,498 | 55.26% | ||
| 2008 | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) |
Walkover
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| 2013 | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 5,548 | 61.37% | Ahmad Thamrin Mohd Jaini (PKR) | 3,191 | 35.30% | 9,220 | 2,357 | 78.80% | |||
| Hassan Hami (STAR) | 301 | 3.33% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2018 | P184 Libaran, Sabah | Zakaria Edris (UMNO) | 17,799 | 49.25% | Irwanshah Mustapa (WARISAN) | 17,121 | 47.37% | 37,091 | 678 | 77.74% | ||
| Alfian Mansyur (PHRS) | 1,223 | 3.38% | ||||||||||
Malacca :
Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2005)[10][11]
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