Jerlun-Langkawi (federal constituency)

Jerlun-Langkawi
Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1974
Last contested	1990

Jerlun-Langkawi was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1974 to 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history[]

Members of Parliament for Jerlun-Langkawi
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Jitra-Padang Terap
4th	1974-1978	Syed Nahar Syed Sheh Shahabuddin	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Sanusi Junid
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished, split into Langkawi and Jerlun

State constituency[]

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
Parliamentary constituency	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Jerlun-Langkawi			Jerlun
Jerlun-Langkawi			Langkawi

Election results[]

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Sanusi Junid	21,690	61.77
	S46	Syed Mustaffa Aljafree	13,425	38.23
Total valid votes			35,115	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,281
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,396	78.29
Registered electors
Majority			8,265
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Sanusi Junid	18,813	60.06
	PAS	Ahmad Din	12,510	39.94
Total valid votes			31,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			698
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			32,021	75.17
Registered electors			42,597
Majority			6,303
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Sanusi Junid	18,593	62.62
	PAS	Halim Arshat	11,097	37.38
Total valid votes			29,690	100.00
Total rejected ballots			735
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,425	78.10
Registered electors			38,958
Majority			7,496
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Sanusi Junid	13,099	52.50
	PAS	Hassim Naim	11,850	47.50
Total valid votes			24,949	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,416
Majority			1,249
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On the nomination day, Syed Nahar Syed Sheh Shahabuddin won uncontested.
	BN	Syed Nahar Syed Sheh Shahabuddin
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			28,756
Majority
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 2016-05-20.