Career
Later that same year, he was elected as the Deputy Permanent Chairman of UMNO with 1,510 delegates voting for him. In the 12th general election 2008, Badruddin lost to a newcomer from Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Mohd Firdaus Jaafar with only 24,211 votes, compared to Mohd Firdaus" 26,510. In the 12th general elections on 8 March 2008, Badruddin lost the Jerai parliamentary seat in the state of Kedah to Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society candidate, Ustaz Firdaus Jaafar who beat him with a majority of 2,299 votes.
Politics
He is currently the Deputy Permanent Chairman of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest Malay political party in the country and the leader of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
Membership
Badruddin was also, until his defeat in the March 2008 General Elections, the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Jerai, Kedah in the lower house of Parliament, the Dewan Rakyat. Badruddin was not a very well known politician in the early 1990s, and was a backbencher in Parliament as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for the constituency of Yan in Kedah until his defeat in the 1999 general election to Nasharudin bin Mat Isa from Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, losing by 182 votes.
