Kota Lama (state constituency)

Kota Lama

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Anuar Tan Abdullah PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018

Kota Lama is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History[]

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kubang Pasu, Kelochor, Kebun Sultan, Merbau, Atas Banggol, Jalan Pejabat Pos Lama, Bandar, Padang Garong, Islah Lama, Kampung Dusun, Kubor Kuda, Kota Lama.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Kubang Pasu, Kelochor, Kebun Sultan, Merbau, Atas Banggol, Jalan Pejabat Pos Lama, Bandar, Padang Garong, Islah Lama, Kampung Dusun, Kubor Kuda, Kota Lama.

Representation history[]

Election results[]

Kelantan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Anuar Tan Abdullah	8,410	40.12	24.53
	PH	Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman	6,965	33.23	N/A
	BN	Chua Hock Kuan	5,502	26.25	8.41
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Khairul Nizam Abd Ghani	54	0.26	N/A
	Independent	Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary	29	0.14	N/A
Total valid votes			20,960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			267
Unreturned ballots			140
Turnout			21,367	75.89
Registered electors			28,157
Majority			1,445	6.89
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	14,269	64.65	1.97
	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,651	34.66	2.66
	Independent	Mohd Zakiman Abu Bakar	152	0.69	N/A
Total valid votes			22,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			22,399	79.29
Registered electors			28,248
Majority			6,618	29.99
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 187/2013]" (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 Kelantan [P.U. (B) 228/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	12,867	62.68	12.59
	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,661	37.32	12.59
Total valid votes			20,528	100.00
Total rejected ballots			276
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,804	76.94
Registered electors			27,038
Majority			5,206	25.36
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	9,154	50.09	1.26
	BN	Leong Su Siang	9,120	49.91	1.26
Total valid votes			18,274	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,543	74.81
Registered electors			24,787
Majority			34	0.18
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	8,470	51.35	N/A
	BN	Leong Su Siang	8,025	48.65	5.51
Total valid votes			16,495	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			16,865	68.85
Registered electors			24,495
Majority			445	2.70
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

References[]

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.