Pantai Merdeka (state constituency)
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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Kedah State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
PN | ||
Constituency created | 1984 | ||
First contested | 1986 | ||
Last contested | 2023 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2023) | 51,502 |
Pantai Merdeka is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.
Demographics
[edit]History
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pantai Merdeka constituency has a total of 19 polling districts.[2]
State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
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Pantai Merdeka (N27) | Bukit Kechik | 015/27/01 | SK Bukit Kechik |
Bukit Meriam | 015/27/02 | SK Bukit Meriam | |
Sintok Bugis | 015/27/03 | Maktab Mahmud Kuala Muda | |
Padang Salim | 015/27/04 | SK Seri Kuala | |
Kuala Muda | 015/27/05 | Dewan KEDA Kampung Tepi Sungai | |
Haji Kudong | 015/27/06 | SK Haji Sulaiman | |
Kota Kuala Muda | 015/27/07 | SK Kota Kuala Muda | |
Sungai Mas | 015/27/08 | SMK Kota Kuala Muda | |
Rantau Panjang | 015/27/09 | SK Rantau Panjang | |
Pekan Tikam Batu | 015/27/10 | SJK (C) Peng Min | |
Kampung Simpor | 015/27/11 | SK Simpor | |
Batu Lintang | 015/27/12 | SK Simpor | |
Simpor Timor | 015/27/13 | SK Darulaman | |
Telok Wang | 015/27/14 | SMK Sungai Pasir | |
Kampung Berapit | 015/27/15 | SK Berapit | |
Kampung Tikam Batu | 015/27/16 | SK Tikam Batu | |
Pekula | 015/27/17 | SMK Pekula Jaya | |
Padang Temusu | 015/27/18 | SJK (C) Tai Tong | |
Pinang Tunggal | 015/27/19 | SMK Pinang Tunggal |
Representation history
[edit]Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Pantai Merdeka | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Tikam Batu | |||
7th | 1986–1990 | Ghazali Haji Bakar | BN (UMNO) |
8th | 1990–1995 | Haji Abd. Manaf Haji Ahmad | |
9th | 1995–1999 | Jamaludin Yusof | |
10th | 1999–2004 | Mohd Muslim Othman | |
11th | 2004–2008 | Shahabudin Jaafar | |
12th | 2008–2013 | Abdullah Jusof | PR (PAS) |
13th | 2013–2018 | Ali Yahaya | BN (UMNO) |
14th | 2018–2020 | Ahmad Fadzli Hashim | PAS |
2020–2023 | PN (PAS) | ||
15th | 2023–present | Shahrir Long |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PN | Shahrir Long | 32,225 | 79.06 | ![]() | ||
BN | Wan Mohalina Wan Mohamad | 8,534 | 20.94 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 40,759 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 200 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 35 | |||||
Turnout | 40,994 | 79.60 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 51,502 | |||||
Majority | 23,691 | 58.12 | ![]() | |||
PN hold | Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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PAS | Ahmad Fadzli Hashim | 14,133 | 45.62 | ![]() | |
BN | Ali Yahaya | 9,567 | 30.88 | ![]() | |
PH | Rosli Yusof | 7,281 | 23.50 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 30,981 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 347 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 31,523 | 85.60 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 36,810 | ||||
Majority | 4,566 | 14.74 | ![]() | ||
PAS gain from BN | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Ali Yahaya | 15,393 | 52.37 | ![]() | |
PAS | Abdullah Jusof | 13,686 | 46.46 | ![]() | |
Independent | Mohd Yusof Lazim | 316 | 1.17 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 29,395 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 314 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 54 | ||||
Turnout | 29,763 | 89.40 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 33,282 | ||||
Majority | 1,707 | 5.91 | ![]() | ||
BN gain from PAS | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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PAS | Abdullah Jusof | 11,654 | 51.10 | ![]() | |
BN | Shuib Saedin | 11,151 | 48.90 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 22,805 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 296 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 38 | ||||
Turnout | 23,139 | 83.28 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 27,784 | ||||
Majority | 503 | 2.20 | ![]() | ||
PAS gain from BN | Swing | ?
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Shahabudin Jaafar | 11,742 | 56.38 | ![]() | |
PAS | Shuib Saedin | 9,081 | 43.62 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 20,803 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 249 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 21,072 | 85.15 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 24,746 | ||||
Majority | 2,661 | 12.76 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Mohd Muslim Othman | 9,102 | 51.42 | ![]() | |
PAS | Mat Akhair Shafie | 8,598 | 48.58 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 17,700 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 391 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 141 | ||||
Turnout | 18,232 | 79.45 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 22,949 | ||||
Majority | 504 | 2.84 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Jamaludin Yusof | 9,857 | 63.11 | ![]() | |
PAS | Mohamad Isa Mahamud | 5,421 | 34.71 | ![]() | |
DAP | Lim Pok Long | 341 | 2.18 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 15,641 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 330 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 1 | ||||
Turnout | 15,950 | 76.34 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 20,893 | ||||
Majority | 4,436 | 28.40 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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BN | Haji Abd. Manaf Haji Ahmad | 12,984 | 65.07 | ![]() | |
PAS | Azizan Hj. Maghribi | 6,969 | 34.93 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 19,953 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 522 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | ||||
Turnout | 20,475 | 74.85 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 27,353 | ||||
Majority | 6,015 | 30.14 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Ghazali Haji Bakar | 11,458 | 64.55 | |||
PAS | Shuib Talib | 6,292 | 35.45 | |||
Total valid votes | 17,750 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 463 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 18,213 | 73.42 | ||||
Registered electors | 24,808 | |||||
Majority | 5,166 | 29.10 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
References
[edit]- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- ^ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
- ^ "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]