Kemelah (state constituency)

Kemelah
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sulaiman Mohd Nor; PH
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Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	23,282

Kemelah is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[2]

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Kemelah is Sulaiman Mohd Nor from the Parti Amanah Negara (Amanah), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Definition[]

The Kemelah constituency contains the polling districts of Segamat Baru, Ladang Segamat, FELDA Kemelah, Redong, Sekijang, Chuan Moh San, Kampong Melayu Raya, Bukit Siput, Pekan Bukit Siput Utara, Paya Pulai, Pogoh, Ladang Labis Bahru and Pekan Bukit Siput Selatan.^[3]

History[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kemelah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tenang
	2004–2008	Ayub Rahmat	BN (UMNO)
	2008–2013
	2013–2018
14th	2018 –	Sulaiman Mohd Nor	PH (Amanah)

Election results[]

Johor state election, 2018 hide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PH	Sulaiman Mohd Nor	10,836	56.10
	BN	Anuar Abdul Manap	8,481	43.90
Total valid votes			19,317	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			19,687	84.56
Registered electors			23,282
Majority			2,355
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
show Source(s) ^[4]^[5]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ayub Rahmat	9,917	56.43
	PKR	Natrah Ismail	7,657	43.57
Total valid votes			17,574	100.00
Total rejected ballots			229
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,803	87.06
Registered electors			20,449
Majority			2,260
	BN hold		Swing
show Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (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 Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ayub Rahmat	8,639	72.95
	PKR	Bahruddin Nor	3,204	27.05
Total valid votes			11,843	100.00
Total rejected ballots			239
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,082	76.55
Registered electors			15,783
Majority			5,435
	BN hold		Swing
show Source(s) ^[5]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ayub Rahmat	8,909	82.71
	PAS	Suleiman Shuib	1,862	17.29
Total valid votes			10,771	100.00
Total rejected ballots			260
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,031	75.66
Registered electors			14,579
Majority			7,047
This was a new constituency created.
show Source(s) ^[5]

References[]

^ "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. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
^ "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.
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Johor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
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[1] "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. Retrieved 2018-04-25.

[GE14-2] "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)

[3] "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.

[star-4] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Johor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

[undi-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c https://undi.info/johor/r18/n4

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