Mata Ayer (state constituency)

Mata Ayer
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 

Khairi Hasan
BN

Constituency created 1958
First contested 1959
Last contested 2013

Mata Ayer is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1974, from 1995 to present.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1994.

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tok Kaya Man, Hutan Temin, Kampung Gial.

2016–present:[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Tok Kaya Man, Hutan Temin, Kampung Gial.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Mata Ayer
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
1st 1959-1964 Mahayuddin Habib Alliance
2nd 1964-1969 Abdullah Hassan
1969-1971 Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1973 Abdullah Hassan Alliance
1973-1974 BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
9th 1995-1999 Ishak Arshad BN
10th 1999-2004
11th 2004-2008 Khairi Hasan
12th 2008-2013
13th 2013-present

Election results

Perlis state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNKhairi Hasan 3,739 68.12 + 0.08
PKRAmmar Gazali 1,750 31.88 + 31.88
Total valid votes 5,489 100.00
Total rejected ballots 86
Unreturned ballots 17
Turnout 5,59287.86
Registered electors 6,365
Majority 1,989
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Perlis state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNKhairi Hasan 3,059 68.04 + 0.15
PASWan Kharizal Wan Khazim 1,437 31.96 - 0.15
Total valid votes 4,496 100.00
Total rejected ballots 98
Unreturned ballots 68
Turnout 4,66284.05
Registered electors 5,547
Majority 1,622
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Perlis state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNKhairi Hasan 3,041 67.89 + 9.09
PASSuwardi Yaacob 1,438 32.11 - 9.09
Total valid votes 4,479 100.00
Total rejected ballots 56
Unreturned ballots 28
Turnout 4,56382.11
Registered electors 5,557
Majority 1,603
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Perlis state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNIshak Arshad 2,218 58.80 - 12.14
PASSuwardi Yaacob 1,554 41.20 + 12.14
Total valid votes 3,772 100.00
Total rejected ballots 71
Unreturned ballots 250
Turnout 4,09383.87
Registered electors 4,880
Majority 664
BN hold Swing {{{3}}}
Perlis state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
BNIshak Arshad 2,886 70.94
PASSaleh Itam 1,182 29.06
Total valid votes 4,068 100.00
Total rejected ballots 323
Unreturned ballots 588
Turnout 4,97982.98
Registered electors 6,000
Majority 1,704
BN gain from Alliance Swing ?
Perlis state election, 1969
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceAbdullah Hassan 1,623 47.48
PMIPAmin Ishak 1,572 45.99
Parti RakyatWan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din 223 6.52
Total valid votes 3,418 100.00
Total rejected ballots 220
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 3,63882.21
Registered electors 4,425
Majority 51
Alliance hold Swing {{{3}}}
Perlis state election, 1964
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceAbdullah Hassan 1,738 58.66
PMIPIsmail Mohamad 1,225 41.34
Total valid votes 2,963 100.00
Total rejected ballots 229
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 3,19283.28
Registered electors 3,833
Majority 513
Alliance hold Swing {{{3}}}
Perlis state election, 1959
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
AllianceMahayuddin Habib 1,509 61.79
IndependentShaik Ali Bajunid 711 29.12
Socialist FrontWan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din 222 9.09
Total valid votes 2,442 100.00
Total rejected ballots 130
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 2,57279.93
Registered electors 3,218
Majority 879
This was a new constituency created.

References

  1. ↑ "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.
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