Kuala Linggi (state constituency)
 Malacca constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Malacca State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
BN | ||
| First contested | 1986 | ||
| Last contested | 2018 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2018)[1] | 11,045 | ||
Kuala Linggi is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2008, the State Assemblyman for Kuala Linggi is Ismail Othman from Barisan Nasional (BN).
Definition[]
The Kuala Linggi constituency contains the polling districts of Tanjung Dahan, Sungai Baru Hilir, Kampung Tengah, Permatang, Kuala Sungai Baru, Paya Mengkuang and Telok Gong.[2]
History[]
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Linggi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Sungei Bahru | |||
| 1986 – 1990 | Bahari Hasan | BN (UMNO) | |
| 1990 – 1995 | Ibrahim Durum | ||
| 1995 – 1999 | |||
| 1999 – 2004 | |||
| 2004 – 2008 | Abdul Rahman Palit | ||
| 2008 – 2013 | Ismail Othman | ||
| 2013 – 2018 | |||
| 14th | 2018 – | ||
Election results[]
The electoral results for the Kuala Linggi state constituency in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ismail Othman | 4,812 | 52.34 | |||
| PH | Hasmorni Tamby | 3,440 | 37.42 | |||
| PAS | Azmi Sambul | 941 | 10.24 | |||
| Total valid votes | 9,193 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 126 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 18 | |||||
| Turnout | 9,337 | 84.54 | ||||
| Registered electors | 11,045 | |||||
| Majority | 1,372 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ismail Othman | 5,521 | 64.12 | |||
| PAS | Julasapiyah Kassim | 3,090 | 35.88 | |||
| Total valid votes | 8,611 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 131 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,742 | 87.13 | ||||
| Registered electors | 10,033 | |||||
| Majority | 2,431 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ismail Othman | 4,468 | 64.20 | |||
| PAS | Julasapiyah Kassim | 2,491 | 35.80 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,959 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 137 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 9 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,105 | 79.44 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,933 | |||||
| Majority | 1,977 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Ismail Othman | 5,364 | 80.06 | |||
| PAS | Julasapiyah Kassim | 1,336 | 19.94 | |||
| Total valid votes | 6,700 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 127 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,827 | 79.75 | ||||
| Registered electors | 8,561 | |||||
| Majority | 4,028 | |||||
| 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. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "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) - Melaka". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c https://undi.info/melaka/r18/n1
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- Malacca state constituencies