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Datuk Dr. Wan Norashikin Binti Wan Noordin(born 11 March 1973) is a Malaysian politician and an UMNO Supreme Council Member and Treasurer of Puteri UMNO Malaysia as well as Puteri UMNO Pasir Salak Division Chief. She is a former Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Perakor Perak State Assemblywoman representing the N.49 Kampong Gajah State Constituency from 2008 - 2013.

Family & Education
Satuk Dr. Wan Norashikin was born in Perak, while her grandfather hails from Kg Pulau Gajah in Kg Gajah. Datuk Dr. Wan Norashikin received her Primary-level education at SJK Convent in Sitiawan, Perak and her early Secondary-level education at SMJK Convent as well as the Anglo-Chinese School (ACS). She subsequently continued her studies as the Mara Junior Science College (MRSM) Beseri in Perlis. At tertiary level she was admitted to study at the University Malaya's Science Foundation Program before studying Dentistry at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, gaining a Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS).

Profesional Career
Upon joining Malaysia's Ministry of Health, Datuk Dr. Wan Norashikin served as a Dental Officer at the Alor Setar General Hospital in Kedah, as well the Dental Officer in Charge (DOIC) at the Lenggong Government Dental Clinic as well as at the Kampung Gajah Government Dental Clinic in Perak. She left Government Service to start her own private clinic in Ipoh, Perak before subsequently concentrating on politics.

Political Career
As a pioneer of Puteri UMNO Malaysia since it's inception in 2001, she had established the Puteri UMNO Pasir Salak Division as well as the Puteri UMNO Kg Teluk Branch helming both as Puteri UMNO Chief from 2001 till 2013. At State level, she had served as Puteri UMNO Perak State Chief from 2004 till 2009 and before that as Secretary of the Puteri UMNO Perak State Liaison Committee. At National level, she is currently an UMNO Supreme Council Member (the apex decision-making council within UMNO), as well as Treasurer of Puteri UMNO Malaysia (UMNO's Young Women's Wing).

In 2008, she was chosen to contest the N49 Kampong Gajah State Constituency at Malaysia's 12th General Elections on the Barisan Nasional (BN) ticket where she defeated Mustafa Shaari (PAS) with a 1,416 majority. She was subsequently sworn is as Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Kampong Gajah and serving as State Assemblywoman between 2008 till 2013.

Titles
Datuk Dr. Wan Norashikin has been awarded a Darjah Pangkuan Seri Melaka (DPSM) from the State of Melaka (which carriers the honorific title "Datuk") in 2011 as well as a Darjah Paduka Mahkota Perak (PMP) from the State of Perak in 2005.