Padang Besar (federal constituency)
Perlis constituency | |
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Federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
MP | Zahidi Zainul Abidin BN |
Constituency created | 1994 |
First contested | 1995 |
Last contested | 2018 |
Demographics | |
Electors (2020)[1] | 46,027 |
Area (km²)[2] | 450 |
Padang Besar is a federal constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.
The federal constituency was created from parts of the Kangar constituency in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics[]
History[]
Polling districts[]
According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Padang Besar constituency is divided into 27 polling districts.[4]
State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
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Titi Tinggi (N01) | Jalan Padang Besar | 001/01/01 | SMK Raja Puan Muda Tengku Fauziah |
Titi Tinggi | 001/01/02 | SK Titi Tinggi | |
FELDA Mata Ayer | 001/01/03 | SK (FELDA) Mata Ayer | |
Kampong Kastam | 001/01/04 | SK Padang Besar Utara | |
Padang Besar | 001/01/05 | SMK Padang Besar Utara | |
FELDA Rimba Mas | 001/01/06 | SK (FELDA) Rimba Mas | |
Lubok Sireh | 001/01/07 | SK Lubok Sireh | |
Beseri(N02) | Pekan Kaki Bukit | 001/02/01 | SJK (C) Kong Hwa |
Tasoh | 001/02/02 | Kem Tasoh Pusat Ko-Kurikulum JPN Perlis | |
Guar Jentil | 001/02/03 | SK Guar Jentik | |
Beseri | 001/02/04 | SK Beseri | |
Tunjong | 001/02/05 | SMK Tengku Sulaiman | |
Chuping(N03) | Panggas | 001/03/01 | SMK Datuk Jaafar Hasan |
Sungai Buloh | 001/03/02 | SK Batu Bertangkup | |
Kilang Gula Chuping | 001/03/03 | Dewan Serbaguna KGFPSB | |
Kubang Perun | 001/03/04 | SK Chuping | |
Guar Nangka | 001/03/05 | SK Guar Nangka | |
FELDA Chuping | 001/03/06 | SK (FELDA) Chuping | |
Mata Ayer(N04) | Tok Kaya Man | 001/04/01 | SK Dato Kayaman |
Hutan Temin | 001/04/02 | SK Oran | |
Kampung Gial | 001/04/03 | SJK (C) Kong Aik | |
Santan(N05) | Kampong Darat | 001/05/01 | SK Seri Tunjong (Blok C) |
Paya | 001/05/02 | SK Paya | |
Alor Tampang | 001/05/03 | Pusat Kegiatan (Kemas) Alor Tampang | |
Padang Lati | 001/05/04 | SK Seri Tunjong (Blok B & E) | |
Padang Pauh | 001/05/05 | SMK Abi | |
Santan | 001/05/06 | SK Santan |
Representation history[]
Members of Parliament for Padang Besar | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Kangar | |||
9th | 1995–1999 | Azmi Khalid | BN (UMNO) |
10th | 1999–2004 | ||
11th | 2004–2008 | ||
12th | 2008–2013 | ||
13th | 2013–2018 | Zahidi Zainul Abidin | |
14th | 2018–present |
State constituency[]
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Padang Besar | Beseri | ||||||
Chuping | |||||||
Mata Ayer | |||||||
Santan | |||||||
Titi Tinggi |
Current state assembly members[]
No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
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N1 | Titi Tinggi | Teh Chai Aan | BN (MCA) |
N2 | Beseri | Ruzaini Rais | BN (UMNO) |
N3 | Chuping | Asmaiza Ahmad | |
N4 | Mata Ayer | Siti Berenee Yahaya | |
N5 | Santan | Azizan Sulaiman |
Local governments[]
No. | Local Government |
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P001 | Kangar Municipal Council |
Election results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Zahidi Zainul Abidin | 15,032 | 41.18 | −19.27 | ||
PH | Izizam Ibrahim | 13,594 | 37.24 | +37.24 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mokhtar Senik | 7,874 | 21.57 | −17.98 | ||
Total valid votes | 36,500 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 780 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 152 | |||||
Turnout | 37,432 | 81.20 | ||||
Registered electors | 46,096 | |||||
Majority | 1,438 | 3.94 | ||||
BN hold | Swing | -28.26 | ||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 232/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 306/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Zahidi Zainul Abidin | 21,473 | 60.45 | +1.11 | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Azamhari Mohamood | 14,047 | 39.55 | −1.11 | ||
Total valid votes | 35,520 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 531 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 91 | |||||
Turnout | 36,142 | 86.11 | ||||
Registered electors | 41,974 | |||||
Majority | 7,426 | 20.9 | ||||
BN hold | Swing | +1.11 | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 169/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 210/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.[permanent dead link] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Baseri @ Azmi Khalid | 16,991 | 59.34 | −7.58 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Zolkharnain Abidin | 11,643 | 40.66 | +7.58 | |
Total valid votes | 28,634 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 674 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 2 | ||||
Turnout | 29,310 | 80.05 | |||
Registered electors | 36,613 | ||||
Majority | 5,348 | 18.68 | |||
BN hold | Swing | −7.58
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Baseri @ Azmi Khalid | 18,323 | 66.92 | +7.60 | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim | 9,058 | 33.08 | +33.08 | |
Total valid votes | 27,381 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 672 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 400 | ||||
Turnout | 28,453 | 83.93 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Majority | 9,265 | 33.84 | |||
BN hold | Swing | -12.74
|
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Baseri @ Azmi Khalid | 14,386 | 59.32 | −11.70 | |
PKR | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir | 9,867 | 40.68 | +40.68 | |
Total valid votes | 24,253 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 441 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 653 | ||||
Turnout | 25,347 | 78.04 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Majority | 4,519 | 18.64 | |||
BN hold | Swing | -26.19
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Baseri @ Azmi Khalid | 17,013 | 71.02 | |||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Hisharudin Hasan | 6,943 | 28.98 | |||
Total valid votes | 23,956 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,083 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 815 | |||||
Turnout | 25,854 | 77.65 | ||||
Registered electors | ||||||
Majority | 10,070 | 42.04 | ||||
This was a new constituency created out of Kangar which went to BN in the previous election. |
References[]
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
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- ^ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.[permanent dead link]
- Perlis federal constituencies