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 | |
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| ضروية ألوي | |
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| Deputy Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 18 March 2019 – 13 June 2020 | |
| Monarch | Sharafuddin |
| Menteri Besar | Amirudin Shari |
| Speaker | Ng Suee Lim |
| Preceded by | Mohd Khairuddin Othman |
| Succeeded by | Hasnul Baharuddin |
| Constituency | Sementa |
| 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 | |
| Monarch | Sharafuddin |
| Menteri Besar | Khalid Ibrahim (2013–2014) Azmin Ali (2014–2018) |
| Preceded by | Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (Health) Yaakob Sapari (Entrepreneur Development) Rodziah Ismail (Science, Technology and Innovation) |
| Succeeded by | Siti Mariah Mahmud |
| Constituency | Sementa |
| Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Sementa | |
| In office 5 May 2013 – 12 August 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Abd Rahman Palil (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Noor Najhan Mohamad Salleh (PN–PAS) |
| Majority | 7,846 (2013) 5,370 (2018) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Daroyah binti Alwi 21 August 1962 Kampung Bukit Kapar, Meru, Klang, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | People'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 mater | Universiti Malaya |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Dentist |
Politics
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
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 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% | ||||||||||