Santan (state constituency)
 Perlis constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Perlis State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PN | ||
| Constituency created | 1994 | ||
| First contested | 1995 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2022)[1] | 10,751 | ||
Santan 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 2022[update], the State Assemblyman for Santan is Mohammad Azmir Azizan from Perikatan Nasional (PN).
Definition
[edit]Polling districts
[edit]According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Santan constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.[2]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santan（N05） | Kampong Darat | 001/05/01 | SK Seri Tunjong |
| Paya | 001/05/02 | SK Paya | |
| Alor Tampang | 001/05/03 | Pusat Kegiatan (Kemas) Alor Tampang | |
| Padang Lati | 001/05/04 | Dewan Seri Melati Beseri | |
| Padang Pauh | 001/05/05 | SMK Abi | |
| Santan | 001/05/06 | SK Santan |
Demographics
[edit]| Polling district | Electors |
|---|---|
| Kampong Darat | 1,191 |
| Paya | 1,872 |
| Alor Tampang | 1,021 |
| Padang Lati | 1,159 |
| Padang Pauh | 1,366 |
| Santan | 1,635 |
| Total | 8,244 |
| Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4] | |
History
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Santan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Padang Pauh | |||
| 9th | 1995–1999 | Bahari Taib | BN (UMNO) |
| 10th | 1999–2004 | Zolkharnain Abidin | PAS |
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Sabry Ahmad | BN (UMNO) |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | ||
| 13th | 2013–2018 | ||
| 14th | 2018–2022 | Azizan Sulaiman | |
| 15th | 2022–present | Mohammad Azmir Azizan | PN (PAS) |
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PN | Mohammad Azmir Azizan | 4,752 | 56.40 |  56.40
| |
| BN | Azizan Sulaiman | 2,644 | 31.08 |  9.68
| |
| PH | Che Mazlina Che Yob | 1,030 | 12.22 | 17.88
| |
| Total valid votes | 8,426 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 72 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 13 | ||||
| Turnout | 8,511 | 79.20 | 3.76
| ||
| Registered electors | 10,751 | ||||
| Majority | 2,108 | ||||
| PN gain from BN | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Azizan Sulaiman | 3,071 | 40.76 | 16.63
| ||
| PH | Che Mazlina Che Yob | 2,122 | 30.10 | 30.10
| ||
| PAS | Baharuddin Ahmad | 2,088 | 29.14 | 13.47
| ||
| Total valid votes | 7,281 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 102 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 10 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,393 | 82.96 | 5.67
| |||
| Registered electors | 8,912 | |||||
| Majority | 949 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Sabry Ahmad | 4,209 | 57.39 | 1.68
| ||
| PAS | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir | 3,125 | 42.61 | 1.68
| ||
| Total valid votes | 7,334 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 93 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 22 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,449 | 88.63 | 3.71
| |||
| Registered electors | 8,405 | |||||
| Majority | 1,084 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | BN | ||||
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 2016-04-27. "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 2016-04-27. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Sabry Ahmad | 3,475 | 55.71 | 0.89
| |
| PAS | Abd Rashid Abd Rahman | 2,763 | 44.29 | 0.89
| |
| Total valid votes | 6,238 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 101 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 12 | ||||
| Turnout | 6,351 | 84.92 | 1.60
| ||
| Registered electors | 7,479 | ||||
| Majority | 712 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | BN
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Sabry Ahmad | 3,284 | 54.82 | 7.34
| |
| PAS | Zolkharnain Abidin | 2,706 | 45.18 | 7.34
| |
| Total valid votes | 5,990 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 73 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 6,063 | 86.52 | 1.18
| ||
| Registered electors | 7,008 | ||||
| Majority | 578 | ||||
| BN gain from National Trust Party (Malaysia)-Malaysian Islamic Party | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Zolkharnain Abidin | 2,802 | 52.52 | 15.90
| |
| BN | Bahari Taib | 2,533 | 47.48 | 15.90
| |
| Total valid votes | 5,335 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 87 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 87 | ||||
| Turnout | 5,509 | 85.34 | 8.26
| ||
| Registered electors | 6,455 | ||||
| Majority | 269 | ||||
| PAS gain from BN | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Bahari Taib | 3,107 | 63.38 | |||
| PAS | Abdullah Jasin | 1,795 | 36.62 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,902 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 96 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 6 | |||||
| Turnout | 5,004 | 77.08 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,492 | |||||
| Majority | 1,312 | |||||
| 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.
- ^ "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 Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
- ^ 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.
