Kuala Perlis (state constituency)

Kuala Perlis
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Nor Azam Karap; PH
;
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	10,654

Kuala Perlis 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 2018^[update], the State Assemblyman for Kuala Perlis is Nor Azam Karap from Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Definition

The constituency contains the polling districts of the polling districts of Seberang Alor, Hujong Tanjong, Kepala Batas, Seberang Tok Pi and Padang Besar Selatan.^[2]

Demographics

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

Malay (86.52%)

Chinese (8.02%)

Indian (2.72%)

East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.29%)

Other ethnicities (2.45%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Seberang Alor	963
Hujong Tanjong	1,685
Kepala Batas	3,183
Seberang Tok Pi	2,716
Padang Besar Selatan	1,519
Total	10,066
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Perlis
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Yusoff Abu Bakar	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978	Mohamed Noor Yub
5th	1978-1982	Mohamed Noor Yub
6th	1982-1986	Ahmad Osman
7th	1986-1990	Ahmad Osman
8th	1990-1995	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh
9th	1995-1999	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh
10th	1999-2004	Bakar Saad
11th	2004-2008	Bakar Saad
12th	2008-2013	Mat Hassan
13th	2013-2018	Mat Hassan
14th	2018–present	Nor Azam Karap	PH (PKR)

Election results

Perlis state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PH (2018)	Nor Azam Karap	4,253	51.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Azam Rashid	2,999	36.06
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Mohamad Fuat Haji Abu Bakar	1,066	12.81
Total valid votes			8,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			8,496	79.74
Registered electors			10,654
Majority			1, 254
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PH]]		Swing		BN
Source(s) ^[3]

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mat Hassan	4,758	57.17	- 12.60
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PKR	Noor Amin Ahmad	3,374	40.54	+ 40.54
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Shaari Ludin	191	2.29	- 2.29
Total valid votes			8,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			8,480	83.55
Registered electors			10,150
Majority			1,384
	Kuala Perlis 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mat Hassan	4,448	69.77	- 3.13
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,927	30.23	+ 30.23
Total valid votes			6,375	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,524	78.73
Registered electors			8,287
Majority			2,521
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Bakar Saad	4,495	72.90	+ 11.23
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	KaeDILAN	Mohd Yusoff Ubi @ Madarsa	1,671	27.10	+ 27.10
Total valid votes			6,166	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			6,326	78.84
Registered electors			8,024
Majority			2,824
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Bakar Saad	3,487	61.67	- 9.55
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Nadzaharuddin Mohd. Noor	2,167	38.33	+ 9.55
Total valid votes			5,654	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			5,824	78.43
Registered electors			7,426
Majority			1,320
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	3,690	71.22	+ 17.81
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,491	28.78	+ 28.78
Total valid votes			5,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,310	73.43
Registered electors			7,231
Majority			2,199
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	2,668	53.41	- 7.23
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	S46	Zahri Abas	2,327	46.59	+ 46.59
Total valid votes			4,995	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,156	76.34
Registered electors			6,754
Majority			341
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ahmad Osman	2,556	60.64
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Din Saaid	1,659	39.36
Total valid votes			4,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,373	74.87
Registered electors			5,841
Majority			897
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Ahmad Osman	3,061	67.30
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Din Said	1,487	32.70
Total valid votes			4,548	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,678	76.46
Registered electors			6,118
Majority			1,574
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,303	59.04
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Din Said	1,598	40.96
Total valid votes			3,901	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,307
Majority			705
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,031	61.90
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PSRM	Osman Abdul Rahman	1,250	38.10
Total valid votes			3,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			345
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,626	76.76
Registered electors			4,724
Majority			781
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|BN]]		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,744	59.26
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Ali Abdullah	1,015	34.49
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Parti Rakyat	Man Hashim	184	6.25
Total valid votes			2,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,116	77.51
Registered electors			4,020
Majority			729
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,770	70.52
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Yahaya Abdullah	740	29.48
Total valid votes			2,510	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,692	80.87
Registered electors			3,329
Majority			1,030
	Kuala Perlis hold		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,556	74.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Omar Mohd. Said	535	25.59
Total valid votes			2,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			35
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,126	82.50
Registered electors			2,577
Majority			1,021
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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