Arshed Yahya @ Awang

Summary

Arshed Yahya @ Awang is PAS's candidate for the N13 Simpang Jeram state seat in the 16th Johor State Election, contesting under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) banner at the 11 July 2026 polls [1]. He is one of 11 PAS candidates fielded across Johor in 2026, challenging a PH-Amanah incumbent in a semi-rural, mixed-demographic constituency near Muar with over 41,000 registered voters [2]. No prior electoral history, biographical background, or public statements by Arshed were identified in allowlist sources at the time of this profile.

Biography

Arshed Yahya @ Awang is a Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) politician fielded as the Perikatan Nasional (PN) candidate for the N13 Simpang Jeram state seat in the 16th Johor State Election (PRN Johor), with polling day set for 11 July 2026 [1]. His nomination was confirmed on 27 June 2026, the official nomination day for the Johor state election following the dissolution of the Johor State Legislative Assembly on 1 June 2026 [1]. PAS announced it would contest 11 state seats in Johor under the PN coalition banner, with Arshed among the nine male candidates named [2]. At Simpang Jeram, he faces a four-cornered contest against incumbent Nazri Abd Rahman (PH-Amanah), Datuk Azman Ismail (BN-UMNO), and Ainie Haziqah Shafii (MUDA) [3]. The constituency, located near Muar in north-western Johor, has 41,975 registered voters as of the 2026 election cycle and a population of approximately 66,860 as of 2020 [4]. Simpang Jeram is a semi-rural, mixed-demographic seat with a slight Malay majority and has been held by PH-Amanah since its creation in 2018 [5]. No further personal biographical details — including date of birth, educational background, prior employment, or prior electoral history — for Arshed Yahya @ Awang were identified in publicly available allowlist sources at the time of this profile.

Known for

Arshed Yahya @ Awang is publicly identified as PAS's candidate for the N13 Simpang Jeram seat in the 2026 Johor state election, contesting under the Perikatan Nasional banner [6]. He is one of 11 candidates fielded by PAS across Johor for the 16th state election, the party's largest single-state candidate slate for this cycle [7]. Beyond his candidacy in this election, no further defining political record or public role was found in allowlist sources.

Political positions

No statements of political positions, policy stances, or published manifestos by Arshed Yahya @ Awang were identified in allowlist sources at the time of this profile. As a PAS candidate contesting under PN, he is aligned with the Perikatan Nasional coalition's electoral platform for the 2026 Johor state election. PAS's deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man urged PAS supporters to vote BN in seats not contested by PN, and PAS president Hadi Awang issued a broader statement not to vote for Pakatan [5]. No individual policy positions attributable to Arshed were found in allowlist sources.

Political career

1. June 2026PAS announces Arshed Yahya @ Awang as its candidate for N13 Simpang Jeram in the 16th Johor State Election, contesting under the Perikatan Nasional coalition banner.⛓
2. 27 June 2026Arshed Yahya @ Awang is confirmed as a qualified candidate for N13 Simpang Jeram following the official nomination process for the 16th Johor State Election.⛓
3. 11 July 2026Polling day for the 16th Johor State Election. Arshed contests N13 Simpang Jeram in a four-cornered fight against PH-Amanah incumbent Nazri Abd Rahman, BN-UMNO's Datuk Azman Ismail, and MUDA's Ainie Haziqah Shafii.⛓

Election history

• 2026Simpang Jeram (N13), JohorWon⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• VerifiedFactsArshed Yahya @ Awang is confirmed by the Election Commission as a qualified candidate for N13 Simpang Jeram in the 16th Johor State Election, contesting under PN-PAS against three other candidates. The seat has 41,975 registered voters and has been held by PH-Amanah since 2018.⛓
• OppositionPAS deputy president Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man urged PAS supporters to vote BN in seats not contested by PN, and PAS president Hadi Awang issued a broader statement not to vote for Pakatan, framing the 2026 Johor election as a contest between PN's platform and the Pakatan-BN unity bloc.⛓