Mohd Youzaimi Yusof

Summary

Mohd Youzaimi bin Yusof is the UMNO Bahagian Mersing chief and BN-UMNO's candidate for the DUN Tenggaroh (N33) seat in the 16th Johor State Election scheduled for 11 July 2026. He previously contested DUN Endau in the 2022 Johor state election, losing to the PN incumbent with 5,392 votes against 8,433. He has been a party organiser in the Mersing area for over a decade, most notably maintaining UMNO's division structure through a period of significant defections to Bersatu after 2018.

Biography

Mohd Youzaimi bin Yusof is a Malaysian politician from UMNO who serves as the UMNO Bahagian Mersing (Mersing Division) chief in Johor [1]. Born around 1974 — he was reported to be 48 years old at the time of the March 2022 Johor state election — he has been a fixture in the Mersing UMNO structure for at least a decade [2]. He contested a state seat for the first time in the 15th Johor State Election (PRN Johor 2022) on 12 March 2022, standing as the BN-UMNO candidate for DUN Endau (N32). He lost to Perikatan Nasional incumbent Alwiyah Talib, who obtained 8,433 votes against Youzaimi's 5,392 votes — a majority of 3,041 [3]. In the lead-up to that election, Youzaimi had been vocal in asserting UMNO's grassroots strength in the Mersing area despite the departure of sitting assemblymen and the Mersing MP to Bersatu following the 14th General Election [1]. He publicly called on those former office-holders to honour commitments to UMNO and its supporters [1]. For the 16th Johor State Election (PRN Johor 2026), Johor BN chairman Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi announced Youzaimi as BN-UMNO's candidate for DUN Tenggaroh (N33), a seat previously contested under the MIC banner within BN [4]. Tenggaroh was reassigned to UMNO for the 2026 election as part of BN's internal seat allocation, with MIC receiving Kemelah and Perling in exchange [4]. Polling day is set for 11 July 2026 [2]. Youzaimi has described himself as having 'vast experience in community and development activities' and has pledged commitments on affordable housing and infrastructure [2].

Known for

Mohd Youzaimi is known principally as the long-serving UMNO Bahagian Mersing chief who held together the party's grassroots machinery in the Mersing area during a period when elected representatives defected from UMNO to Bersatu after 2018 [1]. He is a party organisation figure who has publicly called out incumbents and former colleagues perceived to have crossed BN's coalition boundaries, including demanding an explanation from the Tenggaroh ADUN in 2025 when the assemblyman was alleged to have supported a motion for MIC to leave BN [1]. He made his first electoral foray at the 2022 Johor state election, contesting and losing DUN Endau, and has now been fielded in DUN Tenggaroh for the 2026 election [5].

Political positions

Youzaimi's publicly reported positions centre on coalition loyalty, constituency development, and grassroots party building. He has consistently emphasised UMNO and BN solidarity, urging members and elected representatives to remain committed to the coalition and arguing that voters in the Mersing area remain loyal to BN [1]. On development matters, he has pledged to advocate for the construction of affordable housing for residents and newly married couples in his target constituency, and called for the building of a new Mersing bridge [2]. His approach has been to operate through party machinery — coordinating UMNO's 44 polling district centres and 60 branches in the Mersing division — rather than through legislative office, as he had not previously held an elected seat [1]. No detailed policy positions on national issues have been reported from allowlisted sources.

Political career

1. 2019Mohd Youzaimi was serving as UMNO Bahagian Mersing chief and publicly affirmed the division's loyalty to UMNO amid defections by elected representatives to Bersatu following the 14th General Election, pledging to strengthen the party at branch level.⛓
2. July 2020As UMNO Bahagian Mersing chief, Youzaimi publicly called on Mersing MP Abdul Latiff Ahmad — who had defected to Bersatu — to honour a purported pledge to resign his parliamentary seat, arguing that Abdul Latiff's electoral wins were built on UMNO and BN support.⛓
3. February 2022Ahead of the 15th Johor State Election, Youzaimi expressed confidence as UMNO Mersing chief that voters at DUN Endau and DUN Tenggaroh would return to BN, noting that both sitting assemblymen had previously won on UMNO tickets before leaving the party.⛓
4. March 2022Youzaimi, then aged 48, contested DUN Endau (N32) for the first time as BN-UMNO's candidate in the 15th Johor State Election. He received 5,392 votes but lost to PN-Bersatu incumbent Alwiyah Talib, who won with 8,433 votes and a majority of 3,041.⛓
5. November 2025Youzaimi, as UMNO Bahagian Mersing chief, publicly expressed disappointment and called on Tenggaroh assemblyman K. Raven Kumar (BN-MIC) to explain his reported support for a MIC motion to leave Barisan Nasional, noting UMNO machinery had worked hard to win the seat for him in 2022.⛓
6. June 2026BN chairman for Johor, Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi, named Mohd Youzaimi Yusof as BN-UMNO's candidate for DUN Tenggaroh (N33) in the 16th Johor State Election, moving him from the Endau seat he had contested in 2022. Tenggaroh was reassigned from MIC to UMNO within BN's seat-allocation arrangement.⛓

Election history

• 2026DUN Tenggaroh (N33), JohorPending⛓
• 2022DUN Endau (N32), JohorLost35.5%⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• VerifiedFactsMohd Youzaimi received 5,392 votes at DUN Endau in the March 2022 Johor state election, losing to PN's Alwiyah Talib who obtained 8,433 votes — a majority of 3,041 — as confirmed by Bernama's official election results page.⛓
• VerifiedFactsDUN Tenggaroh (N33) has 39,001 registered voters for the 2026 election. The 2022 incumbent, K. Raven Kumar of BN-MIC, won with a majority of 1,356 votes. For 2026, BN-UMNO has named Youzaimi as candidate, with PN-Bersatu's Muhamad Amerul Muhamad and PH-PKR's Md Yusof Dawam also contesting.⛓
• GovernmentJohor BN chairman Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi announced the full BN candidate list, placing Youzaimi at Tenggaroh as part of a broader BN strategy involving new faces and retained incumbents for the 16th Johor State Election.⛓
• OppositionMalaysiakini reported that Tenggaroh was given to UMNO in place of MIC as part of an internal BN seat-allocation exchange, with MIC receiving Kemelah and Perling instead — characterising the realignment as part of last-minute coalition negotiations.⛓