Rusnah Aluai

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

Rusnah binti Aluai (born 20 February 1962) is a Malaysian politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Tangga Batu.^[1]

Rusnah Aluai
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tangga Batu
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Bakri Jamaluddin (PN–PAS)
Majority	4,659 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2022	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Rusnah binti Aluai (1962-02-20) 20 February 1962 (age 63) Malacca, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Spouse	Rahmat Abd Rahman
Alma mater	Universiti Islam Malaysia & London's School of Economics and Political Science (Law)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

In the 2013 election, Rusnah represented the People's Justice Party (PKR) and faced Norpipah Abdol of the Barisan Nasional Party for the Rembia state seat. She lost with a majority vote of 2,358.^[2]

In the 2018 election, she represented the PKR party and won the Tangga Batu parliamentary seat, defeating Barisan Nasional candidate Zali Mat Yasin and giving BN its first defeat for a parliamentary seat in the seat since independence.^[3]

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N06 Rembia		Rusnah Aluai (PKR)	4,521	39.66%		Norpipah Abdol (UMNO)	6,879	60.34%	11,617	2,358	86.62%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P136 Tangga Batu		Rusnah Aluai (PKR)	32,420	46.89%		Zali Mat Yasin (UMNO)	27,761	40.15%	70,453	4,659	84.67%
							Zulkifli Ismail (PAS)	8,961	12.96%
2022			Rusnah Aluai (PKR)	28,557	31.03%		Bakri Jamaluddin (PAS)	37,406	40.65%	92,027	8,849	80.19%
							Lim Ban Hong (MCA)	25,095	27.27%
							Ghazali Abu (PUTRA)	702	0.26%
							Shahril Mahmood (IND)	267	0.29%