Tambun Tulang (state constituency)

Tambun Tulang
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ismail Kassim; BN
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)	10,535

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

The state constituency was created in 1994. It was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2020, the State Assemblyman for Tambun Tulang is Ismail Kassim from Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Definition[]

The Tambun Tulang constituency contains the polling districts of Kubang Gajah, Jejawi, Kampung Banat, Kampong Surau, Mengkuang Layar and Tambun Tulang.^[2]

Demographics[]

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

Malay (83.76%)

Chinese (4.45%)

Indian (0.68%)

East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.14%)

Orang Asli (0.02%)

Other ethnicities (10.95%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Kubang Gajah	1,692
Jejawi	1,493
Kampung Banat	1,024
Kampong Surau	2,160
Mengkuang Layar	1,038
Tambun Tulang	2,344
Total	9,751
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

History[]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Tambun Tulang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Utan Aji
	1995-1999	Shahidan Kassim	BN (UMNO)
	1999-2004
	2004-2008
	2008-2013
	2013-2018	Ismail Kassim
	2018–2019
	2019-2020		PH (PPBM)
	2020-present		BN (UMNO)^[5]

Election results[]

Perlis state election, 2018 hide
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Kassim	4,005	38.00	- 19.51
	PH	Maton Din	2,825	26.80	- 2.35
	PAS	Abu Bakar Ali	1,910	18.10	+ 21.86
Total valid votes			8,740	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			27
Turnout			8,915	84.62
Registered electors			10,535
Majority			2,481
	BN hold		Swing
show Source(s) ^[3]^[6]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Kassim	5,286	65.33	+ 0.40
	PKR	Azhar Ameir	2,805	34.67	+ 34.67
Total valid votes			8,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			153
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			8,260	87.65
Registered electors			9,424
Majority			2,481
	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	Shahidan Kassim	4,371	64.93	+ 2.67
	PAS	Che Nordin Che Ahmad	2,361	35.07	- 2.67
Total valid votes			6,732	100.00
Total rejected ballots			138
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			6,872	79.14
Registered electors			8,683
Majority			2,010
	BN hold		Swing
show Source(s) ^[6]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	4,422	62.26	+ 5.01
	PAS	Haron Din	2,680	37.74	- 5.01
Total valid votes			7,102	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			7,208	85.33
Registered electors			8,447
Majority			1,742
	BN hold		Swing
show Source(s) ^[6]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	3,464	57.25	- 12.21
	PAS	Ismail Ahmad	2,587	42.75	+ 42.75
Total valid votes			6,051	100.00
Total rejected ballots			124
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			6,177	82.72
Registered electors			7,467
Majority			877
	BN hold		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	3,777	69.46
	S46	Alias Othman	1,661	30.54
Total valid votes			5,438	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			5,579	77.40
Registered electors			7,208
Majority			2,116
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.
^ Rahman, Oleh Dziyaul Afnan Abdul (2020-05-16). "Adik Shahidan Kassim kembali kepada UMNO". BH Online (in Malay). Retrieved 2020-05-16.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c https://undi.info/perlis/r18/n12

[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.

[5] Rahman, Oleh Dziyaul Afnan Abdul (2020-05-16). "Adik Shahidan Kassim kembali kepada UMNO". BH Online (in Malay). Retrieved 2020-05-16.

[undi-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c https://undi.info/perlis/r18/n12

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