Abdul Ghafar Atan

Abdul Ghafar bin Atan (Jawi: عبدالغفار بن أتن; ) adalah politikus Malaysia yang menjabat sebagai Anggota Dewan Eksekutif Negara Bagian Melaka sejak Maret 2008 hingga Mei 2018 dan sejak Maret 2020 hingga kematiannya pada November 2021 serta Anggota Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka dari daerah pemilihan Asahan from May 2013 to his death in November 2021 and Gadek from March 2004 to May 2013. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and also the Alor Gajah UMNO chief.

Politics
Abdul Ghafar first contested as a BN candidate in the 11th general election in the Gadek state constituency in 2004 and went on to defend the seat in the 12th general election in 2008. In the 13th general election in 2013, he contested the Asahan seat and defended it in the 14th general election (GE14) in 2018.

Death
On 4 November 2021, Abdul Ghafar was announced not been nominated by UMNO as the BN candidate to give way to younger face to defend Asahan seat, the hottest constituency in the Malacca state election on 20 November.

After being dropped as the election candidate, he was screened and tested positive for COVID-19 at a private hospital on 7 November and when his health deteriorated into critical condition later, he was put under an induced coma since 9 November night at the intensive care unit (ICU) of Malacca General Hospital. Abdul Ghafar aged 65 subsequently succumbed to the complications and died at the hospital at about 1.04pm on 17 November leaving behind his wife, Rabiah Hassan. He was buried according to the COVID-19 pandemic standard operating procedure (SOP) at the Kampung Asahan Muslim Cemetery in Malacca.

 Hasil pemilihan umum 
+ Dewan Undangan Negeri Melaka Percentage figures based on total turnout. Percentage figures based on total turnout.   TahunDaerah pemilihanSuaraPersenLawanSuaraPersenJumlah keseluruhan suaraMayoritasKeikutsertaan2004N07 Gadek, P135 Alor Gajah  Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO)  5.871 77,99%Yahaya Ja'alam (PAS) 1.185 15,74% 7.755  4.686 71,84%S. Sibapatham (PKR) 472 6,27%2008  Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO)  5.326  69,75%S. Kanageswari (PKR) 2.310 30,25% 7.878  3.016 73,29%2013N09 Asahan, P135 Alor Gajah  Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO)  8.257  65,24%Wong Chee Chew (PAS) 4.400 34,76% 12.898  3.857 86,30%2018  Abdul Ghafar Atan (UMNO)  5.942  45,80%Zamzuri Arifin (PPBM) 5.667 43,68% 1.239   275  82,69%Azlan Maddin (PAS) 1.365 10,52%

 Gelar kehormatan 
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 50px Kesatria Mangku Negara (KMN) (2006)
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 50px Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka (DMSM) – Datuk (2004)
 50px Darjah Cemerlang Seri Melaka (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (2011)
 50px Darjah Gemilang Seri Melaka (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2016)

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