Kota Lama (Kelantan state constituency)

Kota Lama
Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Anuar Tan Abdullah; PAS
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018

Kota Lama is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kubang Pasu, Kelochor, Kebun Sultan, Merbau, Atas Banggol, Jalan Pejabat Pos Lama, Bandar, Padang Garong, Islah Lama, Kampung Dusun, Kubor Kuda, Kota Lama.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kubang Pasu, Kelochor, Kebun Sultan, Merbau, Atas Banggol, Jalan Pejabat Pos Lama, Bandar, Padang Garong, Islah Lama, Kampung Dusun, Kubor Kuda, Kota Lama.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Lama
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Leong Su Siang	BN
10th	1999-2004	Anuar Tan Abdullah	PAS
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-present

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2018: Kota Lama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Anuar Tan Abdullah	8,410	40.12	24.53
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PH (2018)	Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman	6,965	33.23	N/A
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Chua Hock Kuan	5,502	26.25	8.41
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PSM	Khairul Nizam Abd Ghani	54	0.26	N/A
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary	29	0.14	N/A
Total valid votes			20,960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			267
Unreturned ballots			140
Turnout			21,367	75.89
Registered electors			28,157
Majority			1,445	6.89
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PAS

Kelantan state election, 2013: Kota Lama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	14,269	64.65	1.97
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,651	34.66	2.66
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Mohd Zakiman Abu Bakar	152	0.69	N/A
Total valid votes			22,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			22,399	79.29
Registered electors			28,248
Majority			6,618	29.99
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PAS
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 187/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. 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 Kelantan [P.U. (B) 228/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Kelantan state election, 2008: Kota Lama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	12,867	62.68	12.59
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,661	37.32	12.59
Total valid votes			20,528	100.00
Total rejected ballots			276
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,804	76.94
Registered electors			27,038
Majority			5,206	25.36
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PAS

Kelantan state election, 2004: Kota Lama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	9,154	50.09	1.26
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Leong Su Siang	9,120	49.91	1.26
Total valid votes			18,274	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,543	74.81
Registered electors			24,787
Majority			34	0.18
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		PAS

Kelantan state election, 1999: Kota Lama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	8,470	51.35	N/A
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Leong Su Siang	8,025	48.65	5.51
Total valid votes			16,495	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			16,865	68.85
Registered electors			24,495
Majority			445	2.70
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PAS]]		Swing		BN

Kelantan state election, 1995: Kota Lama
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Leong Su Siang	8,837	54.16
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BERJASA	Mohd Yusoff Mohd Nor	7,161	43.89
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Foo Chee Lian @ Foo Chee Tow	214	1.31
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	AKIM	Mohd Din Nizamdin	104	0.64
Total valid votes			16,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			336
Unreturned ballots			124
Turnout			16,776	69.74
Registered electors			24,054
Majority			1,676	10.27
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 2016-05-21.

^ "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.

[1] "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.

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