Asahan (state constituency)
 Malacca constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Malacca State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
BN | ||
| First contested | 1986 | ||
| Last contested | 2018 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2018)[1] | 16,011 | ||
| Area (km²)[2] | 214 | ||
Asahan is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2013[update], the State Assemblyman for Asahan is Abdul Ghafar Atan from the Barisan Nasional (BN).
Definition
The Asahan constituency contains the polling districts of Simpang Tebong, Pekan Selandar, Bukit Sedanan, Batang Melaka, Jus, Bukit Senggeh, Pekan Nyalas, FELDA Bukit Senggeh, Pondok Batang, Ladang Bukit Asahan and Pekan Asahan.[3]
History
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Asahan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| Bukit Asahan | |||
| 7th | 1986 – 1990 | Jenah Sarip | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | 1990 – 1995 | ||
| 9th | 1995 – 1996 | Arunasalam Narayanan | BN (MIC) |
| 1996 – 1999 | Raghavan Raman | ||
| 10th | 1999 – 2004 | ||
| Asahan | |||
| 11th | 2004 – 2008 | Raghavan Raman | BN (MIC) |
| 12th | 2008 – 2013 | R. Perumal | |
| 13th | 2013 – 2018 | Abdul Ghafar Atan | BN (UMNO) |
| 14th | 2018 – | ||
Election results
The electoral results for the Asahan state constituency in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abdul Ghafar Atan | 5,942 | 45.80 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PH (2018) | Zamzuri Arifin | 5,667 | 43.68 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | Azlan Maddin | 1,365 | 10.52 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,974 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 218 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 47 | |||||
| Turnout | 13,239 | 82.69 | ||||
| Registered electors | 16,011 | |||||
| Majority | 275 | |||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Abdul Ghafar Atan | 8,257 | 65.24 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | Wong Chee Chew | 4,400 | 34.76 | ||
| Total valid votes | 12,657 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 241 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,898 | 86.30 | ||||
| Registered electors | 14,945 | |||||
| Majority | 3,857 | |||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | R. Perumal | 5,950 | 61.20 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PAS | Amdan Sudin | 3,772 | 38.80 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,722 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 301 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 16 | |||||
| Turnout | 10,039 | 76.49 | ||||
| Registered electors | 13,125 | |||||
| Majority | 2,178 | |||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | BN | Raghavan Raman | 6,901 | 73.83 | ||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] | PKR | Azmi Kamir | 2,446 | 26.17 | ||
| Total valid votes | 9,347 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 236 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,583 | 75.66 | ||||
| Registered electors | 12,666 | |||||
| Majority | 4,455 | |||||
| [[|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold | Swing | BN | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1 (PDF) (Report) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Melaka". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ a b c https://undi.info/melaka/r18/n10
