By politician I mean at least standing as a candidate in national or state level elections.

The most famous blogger-turned-politician in Malaysia is undoubtedly Jeff Ooi, the DAP candidate for Jelutong parliamentary seat. Impressively, he proved that it’s possible to raise funds online, surpassing his RM100K target.

I thought that he is the only one, then I found out that there are some others, including, but not restricted to:

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, PKR candidate for Seri Setia DUN (Selangor?)
Tony Pua, DAP candidate for Petaling Jaya Utara parliamentary seat (Selangor)
Elizabeth Wong, PKR candidate for Bukit Lanjan DUN (Selangor)
Badrul Hisham Shaharin, 30, former teacher and PKR’s youngest supreme council member: he’s standing against Khairy Jamaluddin in Rembau

Nurul Izzah, Anwar Ibrahim’s daughter:
Nurul Izzah, 27, PKR candidate for Lembah Pantai parliamentary, against Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil

As for politicians-turned-blogger, there are many, some of the most high profile ones are:
Lim Kit Siang, Opposition Leader, DAP
M Kulasegaran, DAP
Chong Eng, DAP
Fong Po Kuan, DAP
Teresa Kok, DAP MP for Seputeh
Anwar Ibrahim, PKR
Tian Chua, 44 in Batu parliamentary seat. In 2004, he contested against Ng Lip Yong and lost by 11,000 votes. Chua said: Then, I was suddenly told to contest in this area, but since then, I have stayed put for almost four years and know the people and their problems better now.

…and those in between, politicians who became bloggers the moment their candidacy became apparent, or vice versa (this list is not 100% verified):
Loh Gwo-Burne, PKR candidate for Kelana Jaya
Hannah Yeoh, 29, Subang Jaya DUN (Selangor)

…and of course Maimun “Tok Mun” Yusuf, 89, independent candidate for Kuala Terengganu parliamentary [ref]

Of course one catalyst to all these development is the fact that blogging does not even require budget software, all the code you need are totally FOC!

Do you have any more to add to the list?

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