Johor State Assembly · P156 Kota Tinggi
Sedili
N36
Johor Election 2026 results
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A FELDA and grassroots-leadership figure known as "A'Ai" and serving as UMNO Kota Tinggi division chief, Muszaide Makmor is the BN (UMNO) assemblyman for Sedili who won the seat in 2022 with a majority of 5,679, succeeding Rasman Ithnain.
PH
A Johor Bahru fish trader and a former close aide to the late Salahuddin Ayub, having served as his driver and social-media handler, Amirul Huzni Onn is a first-time Amanah (PH) candidate for N36 Sedili.
59 years old
PN
A former three-term Sedili assemblyman (2008 to 2022) and Bersatu Kota Tinggi division chief, Rasman Ithnain is the PN candidate for Sedili while his son Mohamad Alias stands as the PN candidate for Panti.
Background
- UMNO Kota Tinggi division chief, known to local residents as "A'Ai"; he hails from and lives in the FELDA Lok Heng Barat settlement scheme in Kota Tinggi, grounding his FELDA grassroots background.[1][2]
- Served as chairman of the FELDA Johor Bahru Region Youth Council for the 2010-2012 session.[3]
- Won Sedili in 2022 with 12,063 votes (63.52%) and a 5,679 majority, succeeding Rasman Ithnain.[4]
- As Sedili assemblyman, he raised FELDA settler issues in the Johor State Assembly through a written question on land grants for settlers and the FELDA new generation (November 2025).[5]
- In January 2026, seven community projects worth about RM1.5 million were completed at Tanjung Sedili in his constituency under the Defence Ministry's Kampung Angkat MADANI programme, benefiting over 1,000 residents.[6]
- Sedili assemblyman from 2008 to 2022, winning three terms (2008, 2013, 2018).[1]
- Left UMNO and joined Bersatu in 2018; Bersatu Kota Tinggi division chief.[1]
- Father of Mohamad Alias (Alias Rasman), the PN candidate for Panti, forming a father-and-son pairing.[1]
- A son of Felda Air Tawar Dua settlers in Kota Tinggi; a former board member of KEJORA and PELDA.[2]
- On nomination day, Rasman and his BN rival Muszaide shared a friendly embrace before entering the nomination centre.[3][4]