Chennah (state constituency)
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
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Constituency created | 1994 | ||
First contested | 1995 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2018)[1] | 12,119 |
Chennah is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Chennah is Anthony Loke Siew Fook from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan.[2][3]
Definition[]
The Chennah constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Sungai Buloh, Durian Tipus, Simpang Durian, Kampong Chennah, Pekan Titi, Sungai Muntoh, Kampong Seperi, Petaling and Kampong Gagu.[4]
Demographics[]
Polling district | Electors |
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Kampong Sungai Buloh | 663 |
Durian Tipus | 603 |
Simpang Durian | 1,461 |
Kampong Chennah | 1,107 |
Pekan Titi | 3,463 |
Sungai Muntoh | 1,272 |
Kampong Seperi | 285 |
Petaling | 1,842 |
Kampong Gagu | 380 |
Total | 11,049 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[6] |
Representation history[]
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chennah | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Peradong | |||
1995-1999 | Lim Yong @ Lim Chen | BN (MCA) | |
1999-2004 | |||
2004-2008 | |||
2008-2013 | Siow Chen Pin | ||
2013-2018 | Anthony Loke Siew Fook | PR (DAP) | |
2018–present | PH (DAP) |
Election results[]
The electoral results for the Chennah state constituency in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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PH | Anthony Loke Siew Fook | 5,031 | 50.91 | |||
BN | Seet Tee Gee | 3,876 | 39.22 | |||
PAS | Jamalus Mansor | 975 | 9.87 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,882 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 166 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 3 | |||||
Turnout | 10,051 | 82.94 | ||||
Registered electors | 12,119 | |||||
Majority | 1,155 | |||||
PH hold | Swing | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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DAP | Anthony Loke Siew Fook | 5,128 | 55.99 | |||
BN | Siow Foo Wen | 4,030 | 44.01 | |||
Total valid votes | 9,158 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 189 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 9,347 | 83.75 | ||||
Registered electors | 11,160 | |||||
Majority | 1,098 | |||||
DAP gain | Swing | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Siow Chen Pin | 4,091 | 59.43 | |||
DAP | How Wee Shiong | 2,793 | 40.57 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,884 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 231 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 88 | |||||
Turnout | 7,203 | 72.77 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,898 | |||||
Majority | 1,298 | |||||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
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Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Lim Yong @ Lim Chen | 4,104 | 61.46 | |||
DAP | Ean Yong Tin Kin | 2,573 | 38.54 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,677 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 293 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 6,970 | 70.16 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,935 | |||||
Majority | 1,531 | |||||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
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References[]
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c https://undi.info/negeri-sembilan/r18/n1
- ^ https://dapmalaysia.org/parti/wakil-rakyat/ahli-dewan-undangan-negeri/negeri-sembilan/
- ^ "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.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negeri Sembilan". 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
- Negeri Sembilan state constituencies