Mohd Sabri Abd Kadir

Summary

Mohd Sabri Abd Kadir is the Pakatan Harapan–Amanah candidate for the N.31 Kahang state seat in the 2026 Johor State Legislative Assembly election, scheduled for 11 July 2026. He is contesting in a three-cornered race against BN-MIC's V. Rugendran and PN-PAS's Mazlan Bujang in a seat the incumbent BN-MIC won in 2022 with a majority of 6,698 votes. Biographical details beyond his 2026 candidacy were not available from verified allowlisted sources at the time of compilation.

Biography

Mohd Sabri Abd Kadir is a Malaysian politician and member of Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He is contesting as PH-Amanah's candidate for the N.31 Kahang state constituency in the 16th Johor State Legislative Assembly election, scheduled for 11 July 2026 [1][2][3][4]. Kahang is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, first contested in 2004, and is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system [5]). The seat falls within the Sembrong federal parliamentary constituency [6]. At the 2022 Johor state election, the seat was retained by BN-MIC's R. Vidyananthan with a majority of 6,698 votes; the seat has a registered electorate of 29,814 voters for the 2026 contest [7][8]. Mohd Sabri faces two other candidates at N.31 Kahang in 2026: V. Rugendran of BN-MIC and Mazlan Bujang of PN-PAS [7][8]. He was among the 56 PH candidates announced by PH chairman Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim at the coalition's candidate announcement ceremony for the 2026 Johor state election [1][2]. No further biographical details — including date of birth, educational background, or prior career — were available from the allowlisted sources at the time of compilation. Additional personal or professional history should be verified through official party or parliamentary records before publication.

Known for

Mohd Sabri Abd Kadir is known as Amanah's candidate for the N.31 Kahang state seat in the 2026 Johor state election, one of 19 seats contested by Amanah within the Pakatan Harapan coalition's full slate of 56 candidates [6][3]. Kahang is considered a Barisan Nasional stronghold, with the incumbent BN-MIC having won the 2022 election with a majority of 6,698 votes [7].

Political positions

No public statements or policy positions by Mohd Sabri Abd Kadir were identified in the allowlisted sources at the time of compilation. As an Amanah candidate running under the Pakatan Harapan banner, he is aligned with the PH coalition's platform for the 2026 Johor state election, which PH framed as being important for federal government stability [6][3]. Specific individual policy stances should be verified through additional party and parliamentary sources before publication.

Political career

1. June 2026Announced as Pakatan Harapan–Amanah candidate for N.31 Kahang in the 16th Johor State Legislative Assembly election by PH chairman Anwar Ibrahim.⛓
2. July 2026Contesting the N.31 Kahang seat in the 2026 Johor state election on polling day, 11 July 2026, in a three-cornered race against BN-MIC (V. Rugendran) and PN-PAS (Mazlan Bujang).⛓

Election history

• 2026N.31 Kahang (Johor State)Pending⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• VerifiedFactsKahang (N.31) is a BN-held state seat. The incumbent R. Vidyananthan (BN-MIC) won the 2022 Johor state election with a majority of 6,698 votes. In 2026, the seat has 29,814 registered voters and is contested by three candidates: Mohd Sabri Abd Kadir (PH-Amanah), V. Rugendran (BN-MIC), and Mazlan Bujang (PN-PAS).⛓
• OppositionPN-PAS candidate Mazlan Bujang acknowledged that contesting Kahang is not easy given BN's 6,698-vote majority in 2022, while expressing confidence that voter sentiment could shift.⛓
• GovernmentPH chairman Anwar Ibrahim announced the full slate of 56 PH candidates including Mohd Sabri Abd Kadir for Kahang, stating candidates were selected from over 1,000 eligible names and that the combination of experienced candidates and new faces would give PH an added advantage.⛓