Kuala Perlis (state constituency)

Kuala Perlis
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Nor Azam Karap; PH
;
First contested	1959
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	10,654

Kuala Perlis is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was created in 1958. It was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Kuala Perlis is Nor Azam Karap from Pakatan Harapan (PH).

Definition[]

The constituency contains the polling districts of the polling districts of Seberang Alor, Hujong Tanjong, Kepala Batas, Seberang Tok Pi and Padang Besar Selatan.^[2]

Demographics[]

Ethnic breakdown of Sena's electorate as of 2018^[3]

Malay (86.52%)

Chinese (8.02%)

Indian (2.72%)

East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.29%)

Other ethnicities (2.45%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Seberang Alor	963
Hujong Tanjong	1,685
Kepala Batas	3,183
Seberang Tok Pi	2,716
Padang Besar Selatan	1,519
Total	10,066
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

History[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Perlis
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
	1959-1964		Alliance (UMNO)
	1964-1969		Alliance (UMNO)
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
	1971-1973	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	BN (UMNO)
	1974-1978
	1978-1982
	1982-1986
	1986-1990
	1990-1995	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh
	1995-1999	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh
	1999-2004
	2004-2008
	2008-2013
	2013-2018
	2018–present	Nor Azam Karap	PH (PKR)

Election results[]

Perlis state election, 2018 hide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PH	Nor Azam Karap	4,253	51.13
	BN	Azam Rashid	2,999	36.06
	PAS	Mohamad Fuat Haji Abu Bakar	1,066	12.81
Total valid votes			8,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			8,496	79.74
Registered electors			10,654
Majority			1, 254
	PH gain		Swing
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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mat Hassan	4,758	57.17	- 12.60
	PKR	Noor Amin Ahmad	3,374	40.54	+ 40.54
	Independent	Shaari Ludin	191	2.29	- 2.29
Total valid votes			8,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			8,480	83.55
Registered electors			10,150
Majority			1,384
	BN hold		Swing
show Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mat Hassan	4,448	69.77	- 3.13
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,927	30.23	+ 30.23
Total valid votes			6,375	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,524	78.73
Registered electors			8,287
Majority			2,521
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bakar Saad	4,495	72.90	+ 11.23
	KEADILAN	Mohd Yusoff Ubi @ Madarsa	1,671	27.10	+ 27.10
Total valid votes			6,166	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			6,326	78.84
Registered electors			8,024
Majority			2,824
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bakar Saad	3,487	61.67	- 9.55
	PAS	Nadzaharuddin Mohd. Noor	2,167	38.33	+ 9.55
Total valid votes			5,654	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			5,824	78.43
Registered electors			7,426
Majority			1,320
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	3,690	71.22	+ 17.81
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,491	28.78	+ 28.78
Total valid votes			5,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,310	73.43
Registered electors			7,231
Majority			2,199
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	2,668	53.41	- 7.23
	S46	Zahri Abas	2,327	46.59	+ 46.59
Total valid votes			4,995	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,156	76.34
Registered electors			6,754
Majority			341
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ahmad Osman	2,556	60.64
	PAS	Din Saaid	1,659	39.36
Total valid votes			4,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,373	74.87
Registered electors			5,841
Majority			897
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ahmad Osman	3,061	67.30
	PAS	Din Said	1,487	32.70
Total valid votes			4,548	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,678	76.46
Registered electors			6,118
Majority			1,574
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,303	59.04
	PAS	Din Said	1,598	40.96
Total valid votes			3,901	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,307
Majority			705
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,031	61.90
	PSRM	Osman Abdul Rahman	1,250	38.10
Total valid votes			3,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			345
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,626	76.76
Registered electors			4,724
Majority			781
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,744	59.26
	PMIP	Ali Abdullah	1,015	34.49
	Parti Rakyat	Man Hashim	184	6.25
Total valid votes			2,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,116	77.51
Registered electors			4,020
Majority			729
	Alliance hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,770	70.52
	PMIP	Yahaya Abdullah	740	29.48
Total valid votes			2,510	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,692	80.87
Registered electors			3,329
Majority			1,030
	Alliance hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,556	74.41
	PMIP	Omar Mohd. Said	535	25.59
Total valid votes			2,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			35
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,126	82.50
Registered electors			2,577
Majority			1,021
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 2016-05-10.

^ "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perlis". 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.

[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.

[2] "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-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perlis". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

[2018report-4] "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.

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