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{{short description|Malaysian politician|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Malay name|Abdul Ghani|Ahmad}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Dr.]] [[Hajji|Haji]]
| name = Abdul Ghani Ahmad
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|06|03|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kedah]], [[Malaysia]]
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| constituency_MP =
| parliament =
|office =[[Kedah State Executive Council]]lor for Information, Human Development and Entrepreneur Development
| term_start = 10 March 2010
| term_end = 6 May 2013
| monarch = [[Abdul Halim of Kedah|Abdul Halim]]
| 1blankname = Menteri Besar
| 1namedata = [[Azizan Abdul Razak]]
| predecessor = Ismail Salleh {{small|(Information and Human Development)}} [[Phahrolrazi Zawawi]] {{small|(Entrepreneur Development)}}
| successor = Mohd Tajudin Abdullah {{small|(Information)}} Badrul Hisham Hashim {{small|(Human Development)}} [[Suraya Yaacob]] {{small|(Entrepreneur Development)}}
| constituency = [[Ayer Hitam (Kedah state constituency)|Ayer Hitam]]

| constituency_AM1 = [[Ayer Hitam (Kedah state constituency)|Ayer Hitam]]
| assembly1 = Kedah State Legislative
| predecessor1 = [[Othman Aziz]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]-[[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| successor1 = [[Mukhriz Mahathir]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]-[[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| term_start1 = 8 March 2008
| term_end1 = 5 May 2013
| majority1 = 506 (2008)
| predecessor2 = Abd Rahman Ariffin ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]-[[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| successor2 = [[Othman Aziz]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]-[[Barisan Nasional|BN]])
| term_start2 = 29 November 1999
| term_end2 = 21 March 2004
| majority3 = 144 (199)
| constituency_AM4 =
| party = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS)
| otherparty = [[Barisan Alternatif]] (BA) [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) [[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN) [[Muafakat Nasional]] (MN)
| religion =
| occupation = Politician
| majority =
| relations =
| spouse =
| children =
| website = http://pkwr-ayerhitam.blogspot.com/
| footnotes =
}}

[[Dr.]] [[Hajji|Haji]] '''Abdul Ghani Ahmad''' (born 3 June 1970) is a [[Malaysia]]n politician. He was twice the Member of the [[Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah|State Assembly]] of [[Kedah]] for the seat of Ayer Hitam, representing the [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS). His two terms were from 1999 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kedah.gov.my/kedah/edun.asp?tab=tab3|title=Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri|publisher=Government of Kedah|language=Malay|accessdate=10 March 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100323150136/http://www.kedah.gov.my/kedah/edun.asp?tab=tab3| archivedate= 23 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In the latter term he was a member of the [[Kedah#State Executive Council|Executive Council of Kedah]] responsible for Information and Entrepreneur Development.<ref name="Exco appointment">{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/3/10/nation/20100310152147&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100318064706/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2010%2F3%2F10%2Fnation%2F20100310152147&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 March 2010 |title=Two new faces in reshuffled Kedah exco |date=10 March 2010 |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)]] |publisher=Star Publications (Malaysia) |accessdate=10 March 2010 }}</ref>

Abdul Ghani was first elected to the Kedah State Assembly for Ayer Hitam in the [[1999 Malaysian general election|1999 election]], but was defeated in [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]] by [[Othman Aziz]] of [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN). In the [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008 election]] Abdul Ghani won back the seat in a re-match against Othman.<ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |accessdate=10 March 2010 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref> With PAS winning government in Kedah in the 2008 election (as part of the [[Pakatan Rakyat]] coalition),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=/2008/3/9/election2008/20080309171148&sec=election2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521100515/http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F3%2F9%2Felection2008%2F20080309171148&sec=election2008 |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 May 2011 |title=New Kedah MB sworn in (updated) |date=9 March 2008 |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)]] |publisher=Star Publications (Malaysia) |accessdate=10 March 2010 }}</ref> Abdul Ghani was appointed to the State Executive Council in March 2010.<ref name="Exco appointment"/> In the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]], PAS lost the Kedah state government control and Abdul Ghani also lost his state seat, to UMNO's [[Mukhriz Mahathir]].

In the [[2018 Malaysian general election|2018 election]], Abdul Ghani lost to Mukhriz Mahathir again, who was contesting under the [[Malaysian United Indigenous Party]] (PPBM) ticket, in a three-corner fight with UMNO for the Jerlun parliamentary seat.

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah|State Assembly of Kedah]]''': N4 Ayer Hitam<ref name="election results"/><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web
| title = Malaysia General Election
| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data
| publisher = [[Malaysiakini]]
| url = http://undi.info/#
| accessdate = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php|title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay|accessdate=24 March 2017}}</ref>
!|Year
!colspan=2|
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
|[[1999 Malaysian general election|1999]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|'''Abdul Ghani Ahmad''' ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''8,558'''
|'''49.34%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Abdul Rahman Ariffin ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|align="right" |8,414
|48.51%
|17,346
|144
|78.30%
|-
|[[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Abdul Ghani Ahmad ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |9,899
|47.28%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''[[Othman Aziz]]''' ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''10,759'''
|'''51.39%'''
|20,935
|860
|83.94%
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|'''Abdul Ghani Ahmad''' ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''10,652'''
|'''50.31%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|[[Othman Aziz]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|align="right" |10,146
|47.92%
|21,171
|506
|82.24%
|-
|[[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Abdul Ghani Ahmad ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |11,637
||45.07%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''[[Mukhriz Mahathir]]''' ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''14,083'''
|'''54.55%'''
|26,200
|2,446
|88.61%
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]''': P5 [[Jerlun (federal constituency)|Jerlun]], Kedah.<ref name="undiinfo"/><ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay|accessdate=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!colspan=2|
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PAS}} |
| rowspan=2|Abdul Ghani Ahmad ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
| rowspan=2 align="right"|12,829
| rowspan=2|28.72%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|[[Othman Aziz]] ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|align="right" |12,413
|27.79%
| rowspan=2|44,660
| rowspan=2|5,866
| rowspan=2|83.00%
|-
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|{{nowrap|'''[[Mukhriz Mahathir]]'''}} ('''[[Malaysian United Indigenous Party|PPBM]]''')
|align="right" |'''18,695'''
|'''41.86%'''
|}

==References==
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