Phahrolrazi Mohd Zawawi

In the 1999 Kedah state election, he was nominated by his party PAS to contest for the Pengkalan Kundor against Abdul Ghani Jamaludin from BN and UMNO and went on to defeat him to be elected as the new Pengkalan Kundor MLA for his first term with a majority of 697 votes.

In the 2004 Kedah state election, he was renominated by PAS to seek for reelection as Pengkalan Kundor MLA. However this time, he was defeated by another candidate from BN and UMNO Mohd Jamil Md Idross who was also the Pengkalan Kundor MLA with a minority of 3,429 votes.

In the 2008 Kedah state election, he was renominated once again by PAS to regain the Pengkalan Kundor state seat and he went on to defeat the BN and UMNO candidate again and reelected as the Pengkalan Kundor for his second term.

In the 2013 Kedah state election, he was renominated twice again by his party PAS to defend his Pengkalan Kundor state seat and proceeded to defeat opponents and win again for his third term.

After winning the 2008 general election, he was appointed chairman of the Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and Careers Committee. [1] [2] He was later appointed chairman of the Housing and Local Government, Works, Water Supply, Water Resources and Energy Committee. On 12 April 2008, he was appointed a Member of the Kedah State Development Corporation (PKNK). [3]

Two of the PAS exco members - Phahrolrazi Mohd Nawawi (Pengkalan Kundor Assemblyman) and Dr Ismail Salleh (Alor Mengkudu Assemblyman) reportedly did not want to be re -appointed to the post "due to lack of confidence in Azizan's leadership." On Tuesday 28 February 2012, Azizan tried to "get a mandate from the party's top leadership to avoid a political crisis." Eight of the 10 Kedah exco members took the oath of office in front of the Chairman of the Kedah Sultan's Regents, Datuk Seri Tunku Annuar Sultan Badlishah. Two other exco members, Phahrolrazi and Datuk Dr Ismail Salleh, are said to have refused to continue their posts.

Mahfuz Omar (Pas Pokok Sena) rejected the notion that Azizan's firmness in the Universities and University Colleges Act (AUKU) towards Kolej Universiti Insaniah (KUIN) students was the cause of problems in the state. Malaysian Student Solidarity (SMM) president Ahmad Syukri Ab Razab stated that several student organizations had warned that they would hold a protest in front of Wisma Darul Aman on 19 February 2012.

Azizan is considered an old leader (72 years old) who is stubborn and difficult to discipline. PAS secretary-general Datuk Mustafa Ali directed his vice -president, Salahuddin Ayub, to Kedah as a mediator to help resolve the crisis.

Utusan Malaysia and UMNO tried to fight them but Phahrolrazi denied creating a movement against the Menteri Besar.

Pharolrazi is a leading figure in the moderate 'Erdogan' faction of PAS, named after the Turkish Prime Minister and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During PAS's term in state government from 2008 to 2013, he emerged as a leadership rival to the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) Azizan Abdul Razak, of the party's conservative ulama faction.[4][5] The breakdown in the relationship between Pharolrazi and Azizan led to Pharolrazi to refuse reappointment as a member of the Executive Council in 2012, before rejoining the council after a brief period.[6] In 2014 he formed PasMa, a splinter movement of the national party formed by members of the Erdogan faction concerned that the party's conservative leadership might cause a breakdown in the Pakatan Rakyat coalition between PAS, Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party and the Democratic Action Party.[7]

In the 2018 Kedah state election, he contested for a different seat and in a different ticket. He was nominated by his new party AMANAH which is part of PH to contest for Alor Mengkudu state seat. He managed to claim victory again and be elected as the new Alor Mengkudu MLA for his term. PH also defeated BN in the election and formed the new administration led by Kedah PH and BERSATU Chairman as well as new Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir replacing the BN administration under Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah. However, given that he is the PH and government MLA, he was not reappointed as an EXCO member by Mukhriz.

On 17 November 2019, he was appointed as the new State Chairman of AMANAH of Kedah replacing Ismail Salleh.

On 20 July 2020, he was appointed as the new State Leader of the Opposition of Kedah to take over Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor who swept into power as the new Menteri Besar two months before on 17 May 2020 and after PH also returned to the opposition.