Jasnih Daya

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Daya is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Jasnih. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Jasnih bin Daya (born 15 September 1974) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pantai Dalit since September 2020. He served as the State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah in the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state administration under Chief Minister Hajiji Noor and Ministers Hajiji and Masidi Manjun from October 2020 to January 2023. He is a member of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN), a component party of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He left Sabah UMNO for GAGASAN on 21 February 2023.^[1][2][3][4] He officially become the GAGASAN RAKYAT Divisional Chairperson of Pantai Dalit, Tuaran in 2023.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Jasnih Daya PGDK ASDK ADK MLA
جاسنيه بن دايا
State Assistant Minister of Finance of Sabah
In office 8 October 2020 – 26 January 2023 Serving with Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Hajiji Noor
Minister	Hajiji Noor (Minister, 2020–2023) Masidi Manjun (Minister II, 2020–2023) Masidi Manjun (Minister, 2023)
Preceded by	Sarifuddin Hata
Succeeded by	Tan Lee Fatt
Constituency	Pantai Dalit
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Pantai Dalit
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 September 2020
Preceded by	Position established
Majority	3,794 (2020)
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2020–2023	Barisan Nasional
2023–	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah
Personal details
Born	Jasnih bin Daya (1974-09-15) 15 September 1974 (age 50) Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Sabah UMNO) (–2023) Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN) (member since 2023)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2023) Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) (coalition member since 2023)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Sabah State Legislative Assembly^[5][6][7]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2020	N13 Pantai Dalit		Jasnih Daya (UMNO)	6,868	62.73%		Rakam Sijim (WARISAN)	3,074	28.06%	10,612	3,794	68.86%
							Muhamad Amirul Amin (PCS)	269	2.46%
							Johan Jahid (IND)	244	2.23%
							Peter Pikul (IND)	236	2.16%
							Rusdi Saelih (LDP)	138	1.26%
							Matbee Ismail (USNO Baru)	74	0.68%
							Awil Kamsari (GAGASAN)	46	0.42%

Honours

• Sabah :
  • Member of the Order of Kinabalu (ADK) (2009)^[8]
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK) (2017)^[9]
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2022)^[10]