Mohd Razali Saari

Summary

Mohd Razali bin Saari is a PAS politician and former Islamic school principal who has served as the Selangor State Assemblyman for Sungai Panjang since August 2023, having won the seat under Perikatan Nasional with 41.6% of votes after an unsuccessful first attempt in 2018. He sits in opposition within the Pakatan Harapan-led Selangor state government and has raised assembly questions on agricultural subsidies, fisheries, water supply, and public insurance programmes affecting his predominantly rural constituency. His pre-political background includes running a PAS-founded private Islamic school and practising traditional therapy at the Darussyifa' alternative treatment centre.

Biography

Mohd Razali bin Saari is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Panjang since August 2023 [1]. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, and previously contested under the Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) banner [1]. Prior to his political career, Malaysiakini reported in 2023 that he served as the principal of a private Islamic school founded by PAS and as a traditional therapy practitioner at the Darussyifa' alternative treatment centre [2]. He was described as a 41-year-old preacher during the 2023 campaign period [2]. Malaysiakini also noted in 2016 that he was the Sungai Besar PAS Youth chief and was among those considered as a potential candidate for the Sungai Besar parliamentary by-election that year [2]. Mohd Razali made his electoral debut in the 2018 Selangor state election contesting Sungai Panjang, where he received 22.8% of votes (6,999 votes) and lost to incumbent Mohd Imran Tamrin of Barisan Nasional by a majority of 3,531 votes [3]. He contested the same seat again in 2023 under PN and won with 16,977 votes (41.6%), defeating Mohd Imran by a majority of 3,576 votes [3]. Since his election, he has been active in the Selangor State Assembly raising questions on agricultural subsidies, cockle industry decline, water theft, and the state Insan insurance programme [4].

Known for

Mohd Razali Saari is known as a PAS preacher and former Islamic school principal who won the Sungai Panjang seat for Perikatan Nasional in 2023, ending BN's hold on the constituency [5]. Malaysiakini reported that he was among PN candidates who used TikTok live-streaming during the 2023 campaign to engage voters interactively, a method noted as part of PN's broader social media strategy [2]. In the Selangor State Assembly, he has consistently raised questions on the livelihoods of padi farmers and coastal fishing communities in the predominantly agricultural Sabak Bernam area [5].

Political positions

Based on his assembly interventions as reported by credible news outlets, Mohd Razali Saari's focus has been on rural and agricultural livelihood issues in northern Selangor. He raised concerns at the Selangor State Assembly about the failure of a contractor to deliver fertiliser subsidies on time to padi farmers in Sungai Panjang, noting that some farmers had already begun ploughing or had planted before subsidies arrived [5]. He also questioned the state government on the decline of cockle production in Sabak Bernam [6], raised a supplementary question on curbing water theft and its impact on water supply reliability [5], and questioned the implementation of the Selangor Insan general insurance programme [5]. His stated positions on broader national or social policy issues have not been documented in the reviewed allowlist sources.

Before politics

1. Before 2016Served as Sungai Besar PAS Youth chief. Malaysiakini reported in May 2016 that he was among those considered as a potential candidate for the Sungai Besar parliamentary by-election.⛓
2. Before 2023Served as principal of a private Islamic school founded by PAS and as a traditional therapy practitioner at the Darussyifa' alternative treatment centre, as reported by Malaysiakini during the 2023 state election campaign.⛓

Political career

1. May 2018Made his electoral debut contesting the Sungai Panjang state seat under the Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) banner. Received 22.8% of votes (6,999 votes) and lost to Mohd Imran Tamrin (BN) by a majority of 3,531 votes.⛓
2. July 2023Announced by BERNAMA as the Perikatan Nasional (PAS) candidate for Sungai Panjang (N03) in the 2023 Selangor state election.⛓
3. August 2023Won the Sungai Panjang state seat under Perikatan Nasional (PAS) with 16,977 votes (41.6%), defeating incumbent BN-UMNO assemblyman Mohd Imran Tamrin by a majority of 3,576 votes, and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly.⛓
4. November 2023Raised questions in the Selangor State Assembly on the implementation of the state Insan general insurance programme, contributing to the Menteri Besar's announcement of a state audit of the scheme.⛓
5. November 2024Questioned the Selangor state government in the State Assembly on the main factors behind the annual decline of cockle production in Sabak Bernam.⛓
6. February 2025Raised concerns in the Selangor State Assembly about the failure of a contractor to deliver fertiliser subsidies on time to padi farmers in Sungai Panjang, and questioned rice prices and subsidy effectiveness.⛓
7. April 2026Asked a supplementary question in the Selangor State Assembly on measures to curb water theft, in response to which the state government disclosed that 252 water theft cases had been detected over two years.⛓

Election history

• 2023Sungai Panjang (N03), SelangorWon41.6%⛓
• 2018Sungai Panjang (N03), SelangorLost22.8%⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• VerifiedFactsMohd Razali Saari won the Sungai Panjang seat in August 2023 with 16,977 votes (41.6%), defeating BN-UMNO incumbent Mohd Imran Tamrin who received 13,401 votes (32.9%), with a majority of 3,576 votes.⛓
• VerifiedFactsPrior to entering electoral politics, Mohd Razali served as the principal of a PAS-founded private Islamic school and as a traditional therapy practitioner at Darussyifa'. He was described as a 41-year-old preacher during the 2023 campaign.⛓
• GovernmentThe Selangor state government acknowledged the fertiliser subsidy delivery failures raised by Mohd Razali in the February 2025 State Assembly sitting, with the state infrastructure and agriculture committee chairman confirming that IADA Barat Laut Selangor would provide feedback to the Agriculture Department to resolve the weaknesses.⛓
• OppositionThe Star reported that Mohd Razali's 2023 victory was part of PN's sweep of northern Selangor, with PAS winning four state seats including Sungai Panjang, and attributed the result partly to dissatisfaction among predominantly Malay padi farmers in the region.⛓