Hassan Omar

Summary

Hassan Omar is the PAS Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (ADUN) for N31 Lanchang, first elected in the 2022 GE15 state election in which PN won 17 of 42 Pahang seats. His election ended eight consecutive BN terms in the Lanchang seat. As an opposition assemblyman, he represents a rural, plantation-economy constituency under a BN-led Pahang state government.

Biography

Hassan Omar is a Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA/ADUN), representing the N31 Lanchang state constituency in Pahang under the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition [1]. He was first elected to the seat in the 2022 Pahang state election held on 19 November 2022, which was conducted concurrently with the 15th Malaysian General Election (GE15) [1]. His victory ended a run of eight consecutive terms in which the Lanchang seat — previously designated N27 Lanchang — had been held by Barisan Nasional, represented successively by V. V. Aboo (MIC), Bahari Yahaya (UMNO), and Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO) [1]. In the 2022 Pahang state election, PN emerged as the largest bloc with 17 seats, one ahead of BN which secured 16, with Lanchang being among the 17 seats captured by PN [2]. Hassan Omar sits in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, which convenes at Wisma Seri Pahang in the state capital, Kuantan, and whose primary function is to enact state laws known as enactments [1]. The Lanchang constituency, located in the Temerloh District of Pahang, covers an area characterised by oil palm and rubber plantation agriculture, as well as a number of FELDA settlement projects [1]. No additional biographical details — including date of birth, educational background, or pre-political career — have been located in publicly available allowlist sources as of the date of this profile.

Known for

Hassan Omar is known as the PAS candidate who ended Barisan Nasional's decades-long hold on the N31 Lanchang state seat, contributing to PAS and PN's broader gains in Pahang during the 2022 GE15 state elections, which were widely described as part of Malaysia's "Green Wave" [1]. He represents a rural, agriculture-based constituency in the Temerloh District of Pahang, an area with significant oil palm, rubber, and FELDA plantation activity [1]. As an opposition state assemblyman sitting in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly under BN's government led by Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, he forms part of the PN bloc in that chamber [1].

Political positions

As a PAS member, Hassan Omar operates within the ideological framework of an Islamist party focused on Islamic governance principles. PAS, as a party, is ideologically oriented toward Islamic fundamentalism and Malay interests, with its electoral base centred on rural Peninsular Malaysia [1]. No publicly available allowlist-sourced statements attributing specific individual policy positions to Hassan Omar — such as on cost of living, housing, education, or any legislative vote — have been identified. His positions on issues should be reviewed against PAS party policy as publicly documented. Specific stated positions will be updated by the editor when primary source material becomes available.

Political career

1. 19 November 2022Hassan Omar, representing PAS under the Perikatan Nasional coalition, was elected as the Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for N31 Lanchang in the 2022 Pahang state election held concurrently with GE15, ending the seat's eight-term run under Barisan Nasional.⛓
2. 27 November 2022Following GE15, PN emerged as the largest bloc in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly with 17 seats, one more than BN with 16. A power-sharing arrangement was subsequently reached, with BN's Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail continuing as Menteri Besar. Hassan Omar sits as part of the PN opposition bloc.⛓

Election history

• 2022N31 Lanchang (Pahang State)Won⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• VerifiedFactsHassan Omar (PAS) won the N31 Lanchang seat in the 2022 Pahang state election, ending eight consecutive BN terms there. PN as a whole won 17 of 42 Pahang state seats in that election, with Lanchang listed among its wins by both Bernama and Malay Mail.⛓
• VerifiedFactsPAS gained significant support in the rural areas of Pahang in the 2022 general election, which was widely dubbed the 'Green Wave', according to Wikipedia's entry on the Malaysian Islamic Party.⛓
• VerifiedFactsThe next Pahang state election must be held by 27 February 2028, at which point Hassan Omar's N31 Lanchang seat will be contested again. The BN government under Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail currently holds power.⛓