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Biography
Siti Berenee binti Yahaya is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from June 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Mata Ayer from May 2018 to November 2022. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.
Political career
Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)
On 13 June 2018, Siti Berenee was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Women, Family, Community Development, Community Unity, and Special Tasks by Menteri Besar Azlan.
On 22 November 2022, Siti Berenee lost her position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)
2018 Perlis state election
In the 2018 Perlis state election, Siti Berenee made her electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Mata Ayer state seat. She won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Mata Ayer MLA after defeating candidates of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by a majority of 720 votes.
2022 Perlis state election
In the 2022 Perlis state election, Siti Berenee was renominated by BN to defend the Mata Ayer seat. She lost the seat and was not reelected as the Mata Ayer MLA for the second term after losing to Wan Badariah Wan Saad of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 2,021 votes.
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | N04 Mata Ayer | Siti Berenee Yahaya (UMNO) | 2,684 | 43.54% | Azhar Omar (BERSATU) | 1,964 | 31.87% | 6,339 | 720 | 83.22% | ||
| Mohammad Yahya (PAS) | 1,516 | 24.59% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Siti Berenee Yahaya (UMNO) | 2,398 | 31.51% | Wan Badariah Wan Saad (PAS) | 4,419 | 58.06% | 7,611 | 2,021 | 78.77% | |||
| Amran Kamarudin (PKR) | 794 | 10.43% | ||||||||||