Rashid Din

Career

Rashid was replaced as the PKR"s candidate for the seat at the 2013 election, and the party lost the seat to the Barisan Nasional"s Ismail Daut. In January 2010, Rashid was conferred the honorific title of Datuk by Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah.

Achievements

• Rashid won the seat of Merbok in the 2008 election. The seat, previously held comfortably by the Barisan Nasional coalition, swung to the PKR for Rashid to win it by 3,098 votes.

Membership

He sat in Parliament as a member of the People"s Justice Party (PKR) in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition.