In the 2008 general elections, she defeated the Barisan Nasional - UMNO candidate Datuk Aziz Jamaludin Mhd. Tahir for the Titiwangsa seat with a majority of 1,972 votes. She earned 17,857 votes compared to her opponent with only 15,885 votes. She is among the 3 PAS Muslimat candidates who have won the General Election. Her victory was the first victory for PAS in the Federal Territories after more than 30 years of PAS trying to land in Kuala Lumpur. She previously contested for the Bukit Gantang seat in the 2004 general elections, losing to the Barisan Nasional candidate, Tan Lian Hoe. She died on 17 July 2011 of cancer.