Kayang (Perlis state constituency)

Kayang
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hamizan Hassan; BN
;
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	9,827

Kayang is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was created in 1958. It was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2013^[update], the State Assemblyman for Kayang is Asmaiza Ahmad from Barisan Nasional (BN).

Definition

The constituency contains the polling districts of the polling districts of Titi Tok Bandar, Bangsal Lebah, Temak, Seriab, Gunong Utan Aji and Hujung Batu.^[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kayang's electorate as of 2018^[3]

Malay (96.14%)

Chinese (2.01%)

Indian (0.33%)

East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.16%)

Other ethnicities (1.35%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Titi Tok Bandar	1,023
Bangsal Lebah	1,935
Temak	1,709
Seriab	1,395
Gunong Utan Aji	1,885
Hujung Batu	1,003
Total	8,950
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kayang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Keria Wan Nik	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Yusoff Abu Bakar	Alliance
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Yusoff Abu Bakar	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Yusoff Abu Bakar	BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Hazim Abu Bakar
5th	1978-1982	Hazim Abu Bakar
6th	1982-1986	Talib Ali
7th	1986-1990	Talib Ali
8th	1990-1995	Ramlah @ Che Ah Long
9th	1995-1999	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin
10th	1999-2004	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin
11th	2004-2008	Azam Rashid
12th	2008-2013	Ahmad Bakri Ali
13th	2013-2018	Ahmad Bakri Ali
14th	2018–present	Hamizan Hassan

Election results

Perlis state election, 2018: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Hamizan Hassan	3,275	41.09
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PH (2018)	Abdul Hannaan Khairy	2,840	35.63
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Md Radzi Hassan	1,855	23.28
Total valid votes			7,970	100.00
Total rejected ballots			163
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			8,166	83.10
Registered electors			9,827
Majority			435
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) ^[3]

Perlis state election, 2013: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ahmad Bakri Ali	4,259	54.23	- 7.70
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ya'akub Abu Seman	3,595	45.77	+ 7.70
Total valid votes			7,854	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			8,001	87.19
Registered electors			9,176
Majority			664
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Perlis state election, 2008: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ahmad Bakri Ali	3,913	61.93	+ 1.02
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ya'akub Abu Seman	2,405	38.07	- 1.02
Total valid votes			6,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			6,443	82.63
Registered electors			7,797
Majority			1,508
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 2004: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Azam Rashid	3,705	60.91	+ 7.80
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ku Mahmood Ku Ismail	2,378	39.09	- 7.80
Total valid votes			6,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			6,256	85.13
Registered electors			7,349
Majority			1,327
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1999: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin	2,825	53.11	- 15.50
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Marzukhi Othman	2,494	46.89	+ 15.50
Total valid votes			5,319	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			5,464	83.04
Registered electors			6,580
Majority			331
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1995: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin	3,311	68.61	+ 3.42
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Kamaruddin Mohd Akib	1,515	31.39	+ 31.39
Total valid votes			4,826	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,919	75.47
Registered electors			6,518
Majority			1,796
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1990: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ramlah @ Che Ah Long	3,051	65.19	- 0.93
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	S46	Md. Zain Hamzah	1,629	34.81	+ 34.81
Total valid votes			4,680	100.00
Total rejected ballots			223
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,903	75.38
Registered electors			6,504
Majority			1,422
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1986: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Talib Ali	2,834	66.12
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Othman Ghazali	1,452	33.88
Total valid votes			4,286	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,481	73.37
Registered electors			6,107
Majority			1,382
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1982: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Talib Ali	2,718	60.08
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Mohamad Hussain Abdullah	1,806	39.92
Total valid votes			4,524	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,617	75.74
Registered electors			6,096
Majority			912
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1978: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Hazim Abu Bakar	2,223	56.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ahmad Amin Idni	1,321	33.74
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Hasan Man	371	9.48
Total valid votes			3,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,416
Majority			902
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1974: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Hazim Abu Bakar	2,012	64.12
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Ahmad Amin Idni	1,126	35.88
Total valid votes			3,138	100.00
Total rejected ballots			307
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,445	75.32
Registered electors			4,574
Majority			886
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1969: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,805	53.78
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Yahaya Baginda	1,551	46.22
Total valid votes			3,356	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,548	76.71
Registered electors			4,625
Majority			254
	Kayang hold		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1964: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,706	60.37
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Abu Bakar Awang	1,120	39.63
Total valid votes			2,826	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,984	80.28
Registered electors			3,717
Majority			586
	Kayang hold		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1959: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Keria Wan Nik	1,506	58.69
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Abu Bakar Awang	889	34.65
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Socialist Front	Zakaria Ishak	171	6.66
Total valid votes			2,566	100.00
Total rejected ballots			46
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,612	82.29
Registered electors			3,174
Majority			617
This was a new constituency created.

References

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
^ ^a ^b "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perlis". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
^ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.

[1] "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[2] "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.

[star-3] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perlis". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

[2018report-4] "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.

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