Mohd Azlan Helmi

Summary

Mohd Azlan Helmi (born 1980) is the PKR assemblyman for Tualang Sekah in Perak, elected for his first term in November 2022 after narrowly winning a three-cornered contest. He serves as a member of the Perak State Executive Council, holding the portfolios of Communications, Multimedia, and NGOs under the BN-PH unity government led by Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad. A PKR organiser since 2008, he rose through the Kampar division ranks and became State Deputy Chairman of PKR Perak in September 2024.

Biography

Mohd Azlan bin Helmi (born 1980) is a Malaysian politician, entrepreneur, and assistant engineer serving as the Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tualang Sekah since November 2022, and as a Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad [1]. He is a member of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition [1]. Within the state cabinet, he was assigned the portfolios of Communication, Multimedia, and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) on 23 November 2022 [2]. Mohd Azlan has been a PKR grassroots organiser in the Kampar division since 2008, holding progressively senior roles including Branch Chief (2008), Division Vice Chief (2009), Division Youth Chief (2014), and State Youth Chief of PKR Perak from 2014 to 2018 [1]. He also served as State Deputy Youth Chief of Pakatan Harapan Perak in 2017, and as Political Secretary to the MP for Kampar from 2018 [1]. He served as State Secretary of PKR Perak for two terms before being appointed State Deputy Chairman of PKR Perak in September 2024 [3]. He first contested the Tualang Sekah seat in the 2018 general election under the PH banner but lost to BN's Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi by 1,009 votes; he returned in 2022 and won by a narrow majority of 253 votes in a three-cornered fight [4].

Known for

Mohd Azlan Helmi is known as a long-serving PKR organiser in the Kampar division who translated over a decade of grassroots work into his first state assembly seat at Tualang Sekah in 2022. He holds the Communications, Multimedia and NGO portfolio in the Perak state government, making him the state-level point person on digital access and civil society issues. He has also been active in advocating for rigorous screening of political appointees to GLCs and local authorities under the Perak unity government [5].

Political positions

As Perak EXCO for Communications, Multimedia, and NGOs, Mohd Azlan has publicly called for state-level inter-agency action to combat online scams, involving the police, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), and the Information Department [6]. He has also directed MCMC to assess internet connectivity gaps in rural areas, including in the Ayer Kuning constituency [3]. On coalition governance, he has stated that all EXCO members in the BN-PH Perak unity government are committed to setting aside partisan interests in favour of economic development and public welfare [7]. He has also overseen the PKR Perak process of screening candidates for appointments to GLCs, local authority councils, and village headships under the PH quota system [5]. In May 2025, he confirmed interest in contesting for a seat on PKR's central leadership council (Majlis Pimpinan Pusat), citing grassroots pressure and his aim to support President Anwar Ibrahim's reform agenda [7].

Political career

1. 2008Joined PKR and served as Branch Chief of Batu Karang.⛓
2. 2009Appointed Division Vice Chief of PKR Kampar and became a Polling and Counting Agent (PACA) for the Kampar division (role held until 2013). Also joined the Youth Secretariat of Pakatan Rakyat Perak (until 2013).⛓
3. 2010Appointed Division Committee Member of PKR Kampar.⛓
4. 2014Elected Division Youth Chief of PKR Kampar and subsequently State Youth Chief of PKR Perak, a post held until 2018.⛓
5. 2017Appointed State Deputy Youth Chief of Pakatan Harapan Perak and Coordinator of the Tualang Sekah state seat.⛓
6. 2018Made electoral debut contesting Tualang Sekah under PH (PKR) in GE14; lost to BN's Nolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi by 1,009 votes.⛓
7. January 2019Appointed State Secretary of PKR Perak for the 2018–2021 term in the Perak PKR Central Leadership Council line-up.⛓
8. 2018Appointed Political Secretary to the Member of Parliament for Kampar following GE14.⛓
9. November 2022Won the Tualang Sekah state seat in GE15 under PH (PKR), defeating Pazli Abdullah Sani (PN-Bersatu) and Abd Rahman Md Som (BN-UMNO) by a majority of 253 votes in a three-cornered contest.⛓
10. 22 November 2022Appointed Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) by Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad under the BN-PH unity state government.⛓
11. 23 November 2022Assigned the portfolios of Communications, Multimedia, and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) in the Perak state cabinet.⛓
12. September 2024Appointed State Deputy Chairman (Timbalan Pengerusi) of PKR Perak, replacing the slot vacated when Mohamad Hairul Amir Sabri became state chairman.⛓
13. May 2025Expressed interest in contesting for a seat on PKR's central leadership council (Majlis Pimpinan Pusat) at the national party elections.⛓

Election history

• 2022Tualang Sekah (N43), PerakWon25.1%⛓
• 2018Tualang Sekah (N43), PerakLost30.8%⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• GovernmentMohd Azlan Helmi, as EXCO Communications, confirmed that the BN-PH Perak unity government EXCO members have committed to setting aside partisan interests to focus on state economic development and public welfare.⛓
• VerifiedFactsThe Star GE15 election results confirm Mohd Azlan Helmi won Tualang Sekah with 8,025 votes (25.1%), a majority of 253, in a three-cornered contest against PN-Bersatu and BN-UMNO candidates, out of 31,945 registered voters with 73.9% turnout.⛓
• VerifiedFactsBernama reported that Mohd Azlan Helmi, as PKR Perak state secretary, oversees PKR's internal vetting process for political appointees to GLCs and local authorities, with final decisions resting with PKR and PH Perak leadership.⛓
• PublicSinar Harian reported that 200 families in the Tualang Sekah constituency received RM150 each in Hari Raya cash aid under a state government programme organised through Mohd Azlan Helmi's office in March 2025.⛓