| Mokhtar Hashim | |
| Birth Date: | 1 May 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Japanese Malaysia |
| Death Place: | Ampang Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Resting Place: | Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Office1: | Ministerial roles |
| Subterm1: | 1973–1974 |
| Suboffice1: | Parliamentary Secretary of Culture, Youth and Sports |
| Subterm2: | 1974–1975 |
| Suboffice2: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Subterm3: | 1975–1980 |
| Suboffice3: | Deputy Minister of Defence |
| Subterm4: | 1979–1983 |
| Suboffice4: | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Subterm5: | 1980–1983 |
| Suboffice5: | Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports |
| Office8: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm8: | 1972–1974 |
| Suboffice8: | Alliance Party |
| Subterm9: | 1974–1983 |
| Suboffice9: | Barisan Nasional |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional Alliance |
Mokhtar bin Hashim (1 May 1942[1] – 18 November 2020) was a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports (1980–1983).[2] He was convicted for the 1982 murder of a rival politician, Negeri Sembilan Assembly Speaker Taha Talib, but the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. He was ultimately granted a royal pardon in 1991.[3] [4]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | P081 Rembau-Tampin, Negeri Sembilan | Mokhtar Hashim (UMNO) | 13,228 | 63.81% | Tengku Jaril Tengku Sulaiman (PAS) | 4,018 | 19.38% | 21,101 | 9,210 | N/A | |||
| Muhamed Sharif Harun (DAP) | 3,483 | 16.80% | |||||||||||
| 1974 | P094 Tampin, Negeri Sembilan | (UMNO) | None | None | |||||||||
| 1978 | Mokhtar Hashim (UMNO) | 23,968 | 81.13% | Mohd Ali Napiah Ismail (PAS) | 5,575 | 18.87% | N/A | 18,393 | N/A | ||||
| 1982 | Mokhtar Hashim (UMNO) | 27,587 | 74.05% | Loo Ah Man @ Loo Ming Chai (DAP) | 6,603 | 17.72% | 38,381 | 20,981 | 77.93% | ||||
| Azahari Hamzah (PAS) | 3,065 | 8.23% | |||||||||||