Arau (federal constituency)
Perlis constituency | |
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Federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
MP | Shahidan Kassim BN |
Constituency created | 1974 |
First contested | 1974 |
Last contested | 2018 |
Demographics | |
Electors (2020)[1] | 48,132 |
Area (km²)[2] | 222 |
Arau is a federal constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.
The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics[]
History[]
Polling districts[]
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Arau constituency is divided into 30 polling districts.[4]
State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
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Pauh (N11) | Guar Gajah | 003/11/01 | SMK Dato' Sheikh Ahmad |
Padang Siding | 003/11/02 | SK Pauh | |
Pauh | 003/11/03 | SMK Tengku Budriah | |
Istana | 003/11/04 | SK Tengku Budriah | |
Pekan Arau | 003/11/05 | SJK (C) Hwa Aik | |
Kubang Paya | 003/11/06 | SJK (C) Sin Min | |
Tambun Tulang (N12) | Kubang Gajah | 003/12/01 | SMK Kubang Gajah |
Jejawi | 003/12/02 | SMK Syed Sirajuddin | |
Kampong Banat | 003/12/03 | SMK Arau | |
Kampong Surau | 003/12/04 | SK Utan Aji | |
Mengkuang Layar | 003/12/05 | SK Ujong Batu (Blok Pentadbiran) | |
Tambun Tulang | 003/12/06 | SK Tambun Tulang | |
Guar Sanji | Guar Sanji | 003/13/01 | SK Arau |
Kampong Sena | 003/13/02 | SK Jelempok | |
Behor Mentalon | 003/13/03 | SMK Syed Ahmad | |
Chemumar | 003/13/04 | SK Raja Perempuan Budriah | |
Serdang | 003/18/05 | SK Kampong Serdang (Blok A) | |
Changkat Jawi | 003/13/06 | SK Changkat Jawi | |
Simpang Empat (N14) | Sungai Berembang | 003/14/01 | SK Sungai Berembang |
Behor Mali | 003/14/02 | SK Bohor Mali | |
Sungai Bahru | 003/14/03 | SK Sungai Baru | |
Simpang Empat Che Kassim | 003/14/04 | SK Simpang Ampat | |
Lat Seribu | 003/14/05 | SJK (C) Simpang Ampat | |
Sanglang (N15) | Bongor Kudong | 003/15/01 | SK Kampong Serdang (Blok B) |
Bunga Mas | 003/15/02 | SMK Syed Saffi | |
Sungai Padang | 003/15/03 | SK Dato Ahmad Musa | |
Simpang Sanglang | 003/15/04 | SK Sanglang | |
Padang Keria | 003/15/05 | SK Padang Keria | |
Kuala Sanglang | 003/15/06 | SJK (C) Chin Hun | |
Tok Pulau | 003/15/07 | SMK Sanglang |
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Arau | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created, renamed from Perlis Selatan | |||
4th | 1974–1978 | BN (UMNO) | |
5th | 1978–1982 | ||
6th | 1982–1986 | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | |
7th | 1986–1990 | Shahidan Kassim | |
8th | 1990–1995 | ||
9th | 1995–1998 | ||
1998–1999 | Hashim Jasin | PAS | |
10th | 1999–2004 | BN (UMNO) | |
11th | 2004–2008 | ||
12th | 2008–2013 | Ismail Kassim | |
13th | 2013–2018 | Shahidan Kassim | |
14th | 2018–present |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Arau | Bandar Arau | ||||||
Guar Sanji | |||||||
Kayang | |||||||
Kota Raja | |||||||
Kuala Perlis | |||||||
Kurong Anai | |||||||
Pauh | |||||||
Sanglang | |||||||
Simpang Empat | |||||||
Tambun Tulang | |||||||
Utan Aji |
Current state assembly members[]
No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
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N11 | Pauh | Rozieana Ahmad | BN (UMNO) |
N12 | Tambun Tulang | Ismail Kassim | |
N13 | Guar Sanji | Mohd. Ridzuan Hashim | PN (PAS) |
N14 | Simpang Empat | Nurulhisham Yaakob | BN (UMNO) |
N15 | Sanglang | Mohd. Shukri Ramli | PN (PAS) |
Local governments[]
No. | Local Government |
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P003 | Kangar Municipal Council |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Shahidan Kassim | 16,547 | 41.79 | −9.49 | ||
PH | Abd Rahman Daud | 11,691 | 29.52 | +29.52 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Hashim Jasin | 11,362 | 28.69 | −18.96 | ||
Total valid votes | 39,600 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 690 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 143 | |||||
Turnout | 40,433 | 83.91 | ||||
Registered electors | 48,187 | |||||
Majority | 4,856 | 12.27 | ||||
BN hold | Swing | -19.51 | ||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 232/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 306/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Shahidan Kassim | 19,376 | 51.28 | +0.82 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Haron Din | 18,005 | 47.65 | −1.89 | ||
Independent | Zainudin Yom | 406 | 1.08 | +1.08 | ||
Total valid votes | 37,787 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 525 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 127 | |||||
Turnout | 38,439 | 87.61 | ||||
Registered electors | 43,876 | |||||
Majority | 1,371 | 3.63 | ||||
BN hold | Swing | +1.36 | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 169/2013]" (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, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 210/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Ismail Kassim | 16,451 | 50.46 | −4.69 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Haron Din | 16,151 | 49.54 | +4.69 | |
Total valid votes | 32,602 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 586 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 88 | ||||
Turnout | 33,276 | 83.45 | |||
Registered electors | 39,877 | ||||
Majority | 300 | 0.92 | |||
BN hold | Swing | −4.69
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Syed Razlan Syed Putra Jamallullail | 17,367 | 55.15 | +2.42 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Haron Din | 14,124 | 44.85 | −2.42 | |
Total valid votes | 31,491 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 533 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 38 | ||||
Turnout | 32,062 | 84.23 | |||
Registered electors | 38,064 | ||||
Majority | 3,243 | 10.30 | |||
BN hold | Swing | +2.42
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Mastika Junaidah Husin | 15,297 | 52.73 | +5.44 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Abd. Aziz Hanafi | 13,711 | 47.27 | −5.44 | |
Total valid votes | 29,008 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 414 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 51 | ||||
Turnout | 29,473 | 81.79 | |||
Registered electors | 36,034 | ||||
Majority | 1,586 | 5.46 | |||
BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Swing | +5.44
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Hashim Jasin | 12,864 | 52.71 | +52.71 | |
BN | Ismail Kassim | 11,541 | 47.29 | −16.24 | |
Total valid votes | 24,405 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 344 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 24,749 | 70.27 | |||
Registered electors | 35,221 | ||||
Majority | 1,323 | 5.42 | |||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN | Swing | +34.48
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Kamarudin Ahmad | 16,266 | 63.53 | +2.10 | |
S46 | Saad @ Md. Zain Hamzah | 9,337 | 36.47 | +36.47 | |
Total valid votes | 25,603 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 891 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 30 | ||||
Turnout | 26,524 | 76.51 | |||
Registered electors | 34,667 | ||||
Majority | 6,929 | 27.06 | |||
BN hold | Swing | -17.19
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Shahidan Kassim | 20,948 | 61.43 | −0.65 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Khalid Abdul Samad | 13,154 | 38.57 | +0.65 | |
Total valid votes | 34,102 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,094 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 35,196 | 77.42 | |||
Registered electors | 45,461 | ||||
Majority | 7,794 | 22.86 | |||
BN hold | Swing | −0.65
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Shahidan Kassim | 18,156 | 62.08 | -1.52 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Tengku Abdul Rahman Tengku Ismail | 11,091 | 37.92 | +1.52 | |
Total valid votes | 29,247 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 830 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 30,077 | 74.61 | |||
Registered electors | 40,312 | ||||
Majority | 7,065 | 24.16 | |||
BN hold | Swing | -1.52
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | 17,464 | 63.60 | +9.44 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mahamood Mohamad Noor | 9,994 | 36.40 | +2.53 | |
Total valid votes | 27,458 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,004 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 28,462 | 76.85 | |||
Registered electors | 37,035 | ||||
Majority | 7,470 | 27.20 | |||
BN hold | Swing | +3.46
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Syed Hassan Syed Mohamed | 13,150 | 54.16 | -16.42 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mahamood Mohamad Noor | 8,223 | 33.87 | +33.87 | |
Independent | Hussain Abdul Rahman | 2,906 | 11.97 | +11.97 | |
Total valid votes | 24,279 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 32,947 | ||||
Majority | 4,927 | 20.29 | |||
BN hold | Swing | -25.15
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Syed Hassan Syed Mohamed | 14,789 | 70.58 | |||
Independent | Idrus @ Darus Omar | 6,164 | 29.42 | |||
Total valid votes | 20,953 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,512 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 22,465 | 77.57 | ||||
Registered electors | 28,961 | |||||
Majority | 8,625 | 41.16 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References[]
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- Perlis federal constituencies