2022 People's Justice Party leadership election

A leadership election was held by the People's Justice Party (PKR) in Malaysia from April to July 2022 to elect new leadership on the central level. ^{[1] [2]}

2022 People's Justice Party leadership election

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Candidate Anwar Ibrahim Party PKR Popular vote Won Uncontested Percentage 100%

President of PKR before election Anwar Ibrahim President of PKR after election Anwar Ibrahim

For the party presidency, it was highly unlikely for incumbent president Anwar Ibrahim to face any potential opponents and being defeated and he would hence remain as the party president given to his prominent and dominant position in the party and politics following the departure of former deputy president Azmin Ali, his followers and a number of founding members aligned to Azmin whom they were embroiled in splits and fallouts with Anwar and eventually resulted in the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis which overthrew the democratically elected Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration. 2018 PKR election was repeated with Anwar remaining as the party president after he was elected by walkover as he was the sole candidate for the party presidency in the election. ^[3]

For the party deputy presidency, it was expected to see a heated contest and fight between Rafizi Ramli, former candidate and loser to Azmin in 2018 and the incumbent vice-president, who announced his return to active politics on 15 March 2022, and Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, also a former candidate and loser to Azmin in 2014, the loyalist to Anwar and the incumbent secretary-general. Subsequently, on 29 May 2022, Rafizi defeated Saifuddin with an unexpected landslide victory in the unofficial results revealed. Saifuddin then conceded defeat and congratulated Rafizi on winning the PKR deputy presidency at night on the same day. ^[4] On 4 July 2022, the results of the forensic audit of the unofficial results were revealed with a major change of the overturn of the victory in the contest for the position of Women Chief with initial winner Rodziah Ismail being edged out extremely narrowly by her opponent Fadhlina Sidek by a majority of mere 32 votes. Fadhlina was then declared the new Women Chief-elect. The rest of the results remained almost the same as the initial ones and no other major changes took place. The audit was done following complaints and allegations of the lack of freedom, fairness and transparency by some of the candidates. ^[5]

Timeline

Dates	Events
11 April 2022	Nominations opened
13 April 2022	List of initial candidates revealed
14–15 April 2022	Declines of nominations
16 April 2022	Results of declines revealed
17–19 April 2022	Appeals for results
20 April 2022	List of final candidates revealed
21 April 2022	Deadline for virtual voters to update their mobile applications of voting
13–22 May 2022	Physical voting
17 May 2022	Virtual voting for overseas members
18–20 May 2022	Virtual voting
29 May 2022	Unofficial results revealed
4 July 2022 [6]	Results of the forensic audit of the unofficial results revealed
15 July 2022	Youth National Congress
16 July 2022	Women National Congress
17 July 2022 [7]	Central National Congress and official results revealed

Nominations & Results

President

Candidate	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Anwar Ibrahim	Leader of the Opposition, Chairman of Pakatan Harapan, MP for Port Dickson	Won Uncontested (100%)	Elected

Deputy President

Candidates	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Rafizi Ramli	None	59,678 (58.12%)	Elected
Saifuddin Nasution Ismail	MP for Kulim-Bandar Baharu, MLA for Pantai Jerejak, Secretary-General of Pakatan Harapan	43,010 (41.88%)	Defeated

Vice Presidents

Candidate	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Amirudin Shari	Menteri Besar of Selangor, MLA for Sungai Tua	46,075	Elected
Chang Lih Kang	MP for Tanjong Malim	34,939
Nik Nazmi	MP for Setiawangsa	34,496
Aminuddin Harun	Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan, MLA for Sikamat	33,230
G. Manivannan	None	29,117	Defeated
Farhash Wafa Salvador Rizal Mubarak		27,015
Fahmi Fadzil	MP for Lembah Pantai	24,351
Fuziah Salleh	MP for Kuantan	22,534
Chan Ming Kai	MP for Alor Setar	22,344
Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid	MP for Kapar	20,761
Gunaraj George	MLA for Sentosa	20,164
Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin	MP for Hang Tuah Jaya	16,269
S. Thiban	None	15,155
M. A. Tinagaran		11,086
Azan Ismail		5,699
R. Summugam	MLA for Bukit Selambau	5,313
Mustaffa Kamil Ayub	None	5,620

Women Chief

Candidates	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Fadhlina Sidek	Senator For Dewan Negara	18,923	Elected
Rodziah Ismail	MLA For Batu Tiga	18,891	Defeated

Deputy Women Chief

Candidates	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Juwairiya Zulkifli	MLA For Bukit Melawati	15,693	Elected
Napsiah Khamis	None	12,043	Defeated
Faizah Arifin		9,763

Youth Chief (AMK)

Candidates	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Adam Adli	None	12,301	Elected
Fahmi Zainol	MBSP City Council Councillor	9,850	Defeated

Deputy Youth Chief

Candidates	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Kamil Munim	None	11,526	Elected
Chua Wei Kiat	MLA For Rawang	10,389	Defeated

Central Leadership Council (MPP)

Candidates	Other positions	Votes of members	Status
Maszlee Malik	MP For Simpang Renggam	1091	Elected
Akmal Nasir	MP For Johor Bahru	956
Romli Ishak	None	878
Fahmi Zainol	MBSP City Council Councillor	817
Yahya Sahri	None	804
Nor Azrina Surip	MP For Merbok	797
Lee Chean Chung	MLA For Semambu	788
Siti Aishah Shaik Ismail	None	783
Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh	MP For Ledang	739
Gerald Hans Isaac	None	720
Ooi Tze Min	MLA For Bakar Arang	703
Wong Chen	MP For Subang	697
Raiyan Abdul Rahim	None	697
Tan Kar Hing	MLA For Simpang Pulai	648
Zahir Hassan	None	642
David Cheong Kian Young		622
Hey Loy Sian	MLA For Kajang	619
Amidi Abdul Manan	None	617
Elizabeth Wong Keat Ping	MLA For Bukit Lanjan	598
Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik	MP For Balik Pulau	594

References

1. "PKR polls: Nomination for central leadership, AMK, women councils postponed to May 28". The Star. 8 April 2022.
2. "Nominations for PKR divisional polls kick off Friday (April 8)". The Star. 8 April 2022.
3. "Anwar remains unopposed as PKR president". The Star. 12 April 2022.
4. "Saifuddin concedes, congratulates Rafizi on win". The Star. 29 May 2022.
5. "Fadhlina becomes PKR Wanita chief after forensic audit". Free Malaysia Today. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
6. "PKR polls audit: Rafizi still deputy president, Rodziah Ismail no longer Women wing's chief". The Star. 4 July 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
7. "PKR postpones congress to July 15, will audit party polls results". The Star. 10 June 2022.