Utan Aji (state constituency)

Utan Aji
Perlis constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1959
Last contested	1990

Utan Aji was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Utan Aji
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Taharim Ariffin	PMIP
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance
3rd	1973-1974		BN
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Idrus Kassim
6th	1982-1986	Idrus Kassim
7th	1986-1990	Fadzil Mahmood
8th	1990-1995	Fadzil Mahmood
Constituency abolished

Election results

Perlis state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,708	64.49
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	S46	Idrus Kassim	1,491	35.51
Total valid votes			4,199	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,348	79.26
Registered electors			5,486
Majority			1,217
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,270	64.31
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,260	35.69
Total valid votes			3,530	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,643	75.39
Registered electors			4,832
Majority			1,010
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Idrus Kassim	3,029	65.82
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Mohamad Noor	1,573	34.18
Total valid votes			4,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,731	79.55
Registered electors			5,947
Majority			1,456
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Idrus Kassim	2,273	56.40
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PAS	Bakri Hashim	1,757	43.60
Total valid votes			4,030	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,228
Majority			516
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BN	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	2,096	61.72
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PSRM	Saad Man	1,110	32.69
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	BEBAS	Yusof Osman	190	5.59
Total valid votes			3,396	100.00
Total rejected ballots			365
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,761	82.71
Registered electors			4,547
Majority			986
	[[\|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	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,868	50.22
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	1,852	49.78
Total valid votes			3,720	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,936	81.34
Registered electors			4,839
Majority			16
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|Alliance]]		Swing		PMIP

Perlis state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	1,680	54.07
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,427	45.93
Total valid votes			3,107	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,295	82.23
Registered electors			4,007
Majority			253
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]] gain from [[\|PMIP]]		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,366	55.51
	[[\|parameter 1 should be a party name.]]	PMIP	Ahmad Salleh	1,095	44.49
Total valid votes			2,461	100.00
Total rejected ballots			61
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,522	78.25
Registered electors			3,223
Majority			271
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. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)