东姑拉沙里
In 2004 general election, he contested the federal constituency of Kuala Krai but lost. But he was elected to the federal seat of parliament for the Kota Bharu constituency in 2008. He initially sought to retire at the 2013 election, but instead contested the seat of Gua Musang, losing to its long-time incumbent Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).