Daroyah binti Alwi is a Malaysian politician and dentist who served as Deputy Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly from March 2019 to June 2020, Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) from May 2013 to May 2018 and Member of the Assembly (MLA) for Sementa from May 2013 to August 2023. She is a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM). She was an independent and a member and Deputy Women Chief of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions.

Daroyah Alwi
ضروية ألوي
Deputy Speaker of the
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
In office
18 March 2019 – 13 June 2020
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarAmirudin Shari
SpeakerNg Suee Lim
Preceded byMohd Khairuddin Othman
Succeeded byHasnul Baharuddin
ConstituencySementa
Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
(Health, Entrepreneur Development, Science, Technology and Innovation :
30 May 2013–26 September 2014)

(Health, Welfare, Woman Affairs and Family :
26 September 2014–18 May 2018)
In office
30 May 2013 – 13 May 2018
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarKhalid Ibrahim
(2013–2014)
Azmin Ali
(2014–2018)
Preceded byXavier Jayakumar Arulanandam
(Health)
Yaakob Sapari
(Entrepreneur Development)
Rodziah Ismail
(Science, Technology and Innovation)
Succeeded bySiti Mariah Mahmud
ConstituencySementa
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Sementa
In office
5 May 2013 – 12 August 2023
Preceded byAbd Rahman Palil
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byNoor Najhan Mohamad Salleh
(PNPAS)
Majority7,846 (2013)
5,370 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Daroyah binti Alwi

(1962-08-21) 21 August 1962 (age 61)
Kampung Bukit Kapar, Meru, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
(–2020)
Independent
(2020–2021)
Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM)
(since 2021)
Other political
affiliations
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2015–2020)
Alma materUniversiti Malaya
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionDentist

Politics edit

On 13 June 2020, she left PKR and became an independent in support of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state opposition coalition. She came out on the grounds that she had "lost confidence in the President of PKR Anwar Ibrahim and his harpist leadership of the idealism of the struggle".[1]

Election results edit

Selangor State Legislative Assembly[2][3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 N43 Sementa Daroyah Alwi (PKR) 21,520 60.83% Md Ghazali Md Amin (UMNO) 13,674 38.65% 35,879 7,846 88.80%
Thuraisingam Subbrayan (IND) 182 0.51%
2018 Daroyah Alwi (PKR) 17,868 46.80% Saroni Judi (UMNO) 12,497 32.73% 38,815 5,370 87.19%
Wan Hasrina Wan Hassan (PAS) 7,696 20.16%
Gandhi Nagamuthu (PRM) 12 0.31%

References edit

  1. ^ Zain, Oleh Ruwaida Md (2020-06-13). "Dr Daroyah Alwi bawa 35 pemimpin, akar umbi keluar PKR". BH Online (in Malay). Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  2. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  3. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.