Mata Ayer (state constituency)
Perlis constituency | |||
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Perlis State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
BN | ||
Constituency created | 1958 | ||
First contested | 1959 | ||
Last contested | 2018 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2018)[1] | 7,617 |
Mata Ayer is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1974 and from 1995 to present.
The state constituency 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 Assemblywoman for Mata Ayer is Siti Berenee Yahaya from Barisan Nasional (BN).
Definition[]
2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tok Kaya Man, Hutan Temin, Kampung Gial.
2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Tok Kaya Man, Hutan Temin and Kampung Gial.
Demographics[]
Polling district | Electors |
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Tok Kaya Man | 3,209 |
Hutan Temin | 1,728 |
Kampung Gial | 1,542 |
Total | 6,479 |
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4] |
Representation history[]
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Mata Ayer | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created | |||
1959-1964 | Alliance | ||
1964-1969 | |||
1969-1971 | Assembly dissolved | ||
1971-1973 | Abdullah Hassan | Alliance | |
1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Paya | |||
Constituency re-created from Padang Pauh | |||
1995-1999 | BN (UMNO) | ||
1999-2004 | |||
2004-2008 | |||
2008-2013 | |||
2013-2018 | |||
2018- | Siti Berenee Yahaya |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Siti Berenee Yahaya | 2,684 | 43.54 | |||
PH | Azhar Omar | 1,964 | 31.87 | |||
PAS | Mohammad Yahya | 1,516 | 24.59 | |||
Total valid votes | 6,164 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 146 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 29 | |||||
Turnout | 6,339 | 83.22 | ||||
Registered electors | 7,617 | |||||
Majority | 720 | |||||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
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Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Khairi Hasan | 3,739 | 68.12 | + 0.08 | ||
PKR | Ammar Gazali | 1,750 | 31.88 | + 31.88 | ||
Total valid votes | 5,489 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 86 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 17 | |||||
Turnout | 5,592 | 87.86 | ||||
Registered electors | 6,365 | |||||
Majority | 1,989 | |||||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
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Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Khairi Hasan | 3,059 | 68.04 | + 0.15 | |
PAS | Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim | 1,437 | 31.96 | - 0.15 | |
Total valid votes | 4,496 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 98 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 68 | ||||
Turnout | 4,662 | 84.05 | |||
Registered electors | 5,547 | ||||
Majority | 1,622 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Khairi Hasan | 3,041 | 67.89 | + 9.09 | |
PAS | Suwardi Yaacob | 1,438 | 32.11 | - 9.09 | |
Total valid votes | 4,479 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 56 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 28 | ||||
Turnout | 4,563 | 82.11 | |||
Registered electors | 5,557 | ||||
Majority | 1,603 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Ishak Arshad | 2,218 | 58.80 | - 12.14 | |
PAS | Suwardi Yaacob | 1,554 | 41.20 | + 12.14 | |
Total valid votes | 3,772 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 71 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 250 | ||||
Turnout | 4,093 | 83.87 | |||
Registered electors | 4,880 | ||||
Majority | 664 | ||||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Ishak Arshad | 2,886 | 70.94 | ||
PAS | Saleh Itam | 1,182 | 29.06 | ||
Total valid votes | 4,068 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 323 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 588 | ||||
Turnout | 4,979 | 82.98 | |||
Registered electors | 6,000 | ||||
Majority | 1,704 | ||||
BN gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Abdullah Hassan | 1,623 | 47.48 | ||
PMIP | Amin Ishak | 1,572 | 45.99 | ||
Parti Rakyat | Wan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din | 223 | 6.52 | ||
Total valid votes | 3,418 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 220 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 3,638 | 82.21 | |||
Registered electors | 4,425 | ||||
Majority | 51 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | {{{3}}}
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Alliance | Abdullah Hassan | 1,738 | 58.66 | ||
PMIP | Ismail Mohamad | 1,225 | 41.34 | ||
Total valid votes | 2,963 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 229 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 3,192 | 83.28 | |||
Registered electors | 3,833 | ||||
Majority | 513 | ||||
Alliance hold | Swing | {{{3}}}
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Alliance | Mahayuddin Habib | 1,509 | 61.79 | |||
Independent | Shaik Ali Bajunid | 711 | 29.12 | |||
Socialist Front | Wan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din | 222 | 9.09 | |||
Total valid votes | 2,442 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 130 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 2,572 | 79.93 | ||||
Registered electors | 3,218 | |||||
Majority | 879 | |||||
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 2016-04-27.
- ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. 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.
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- Perlis state constituencies