Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya

Summary

Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya is the two-term PAS ADUN for Panching, Pahang, having won the seat in 2018 and retained it with a much larger majority in 2022. He serves concurrently as PAS Pahang's Information Chief, Pahang PN's Information Chief, and a member of the Pahang Public Accounts Committee (PAC). He is a consistent public voice on PN electoral strategy and on constituency-level concerns including allocation equity, flood infrastructure, and education savings.

Biography

Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya is a Malaysian politician serving as the Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (ADUN) for Panching, under the constituency number N.19. He is a member of Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) and sits within the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He first won the Panching seat at the 14th General Election (GE14) in May 2018, defeating the UMNO incumbent Mohd Zaili Besar by a slender majority of 135 votes with 31.3% of the vote [1]. He retained the seat at GE15 in November 2022, increasing his majority to 7,136 votes with 43.5% of the vote against four other candidates [1]. Within PAS Pahang, he holds the position of Ketua Penerangan (Information Chief) [2]. In March 2021, he was appointed Pahang PN Information Chief following the launch of Perikatan Nasional Pahang [3]. In July 2023, he was selected as a member of the Pahang Public Accounts Committee (PAC) [4]. At the constituency level, he has raised issues including the equitable distribution of state development allocations to PAS-held seats, public infrastructure concerns such as flood management [5], and education savings initiatives for newborns in Panching [4]. He has also been active in commenting on Pahang state tourism development through the DUN [4].

Known for

Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya is known as PAS Pahang's chief spokesman, serving simultaneously as the party's state Information Chief and as Pahang PN's Information Chief. He is a two-term ADUN for Panching, having first overturned an UMNO incumbent in 2018 and consolidated that hold in 2022 with a significantly larger majority. He is a consistent voice on PN electoral strategy in Pahang, regularly commenting on inter-coalition dynamics and opposition positioning ahead of the next general election.

Political positions

Mohd Tarmizi Yahaya has publicly advocated for equitable distribution of state development allocations to all elected representatives regardless of party affiliation, specifically objecting to the suspension of RM20,000 monthly allocations to PAS ADUNs in Pahang in 2022, which he attributed to Muafakat Nasional tensions at the federal level [6]. He has called on authorities to act swiftly on infrastructure concerns affecting his constituents, including flood-mitigation bund failures in the Panching area [7]. He has advocated for government action against online platforms perceived as promoting immoral activities, calling on authorities to identify and prosecute operators, not merely users [4]. As PN Pahang's information chief, he has consistently projected confidence in PN's ability to capture Pahang in future elections, framing the BN–DAP governing arrangement in Pahang as a vulnerability for the ruling coalition [2]. He supports early education savings for children, having launched an SSPN-i account opening initiative for newborns in Panching in cooperation with PTPTN Pahang [4].

Political career

1. May 2018Won the Panching state seat (N.19) at GE14 under the PAS banner, defeating UMNO incumbent Mohd Zaili Besar with 31.3% of votes and a majority of 135.⛓
2. March 2021Appointed as Pahang Perikatan Nasional (PN) Information Chief following the launch of Pahang PN under chairman Saifuddin Abdullah.⛓
3. November 2022Retained the Panching seat at GE15 under the PN–PAS ticket with 43.5% of votes (15,167 votes) and a majority of 7,136, defeating four other candidates.⛓
4. July 2023Selected as a member of the Pahang Public Accounts Committee (PAC) following his re-election as ADUN Panching.⛓

Election history

• 2022Panching (N.19), PahangWon43.5%⛓
• 2018Panching (N.19), PahangWon31.3%⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• GovernmentThe Pahang state government (BN-led, in coalition with PH) stopped monthly RM20,000 development allocations to PAS ADUNs including Tarmizi from January 2022 without prior notice, according to FMT reporting. The state government has not publicly provided a detailed explanation for the suspension as covered in the allowlisted sources.⛓
• OppositionAs PN Pahang's Information Chief, Tarmizi Yahaya has projected that BN's dependence on DAP in the current Pahang state government is a political vulnerability, and that PN is targeting additional state seats in the next general election, per Malaysiakini and FMT reporting in 2025–2026.⛓
• VerifiedFactsTarmizi Yahaya won Panching in GE14 (2018) with a majority of 135 votes and in GE15 (2022) with a majority of 7,136 votes, per The Star election data. He holds the roles of PAS Pahang Information Chief (Malaysiakini), Pahang PN Information Chief (Bernama), and Pahang PAC member (Sinar Harian).⛓
• PublicA constituent quoted in Sinar Harian praised Tarmizi's initiative in facilitating SSPN-i savings account openings for newborns in Panching, calling it helpful for young mothers.⛓