Guar Sanji (state constituency)

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

Guar Sanji
Perlis constituency
State constituency
LegislaturePerlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Mohd Ridzuan Hashim
PN
Constituency created1984
First contested1986
Last contested2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]9,233

The state constituency was created in 1984. It was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Guar Sanji is Mohd Ridzuan Hashim from Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).

Definition

The Guar Sanji constituency contains the polling districts of Guar Sanji, Kampong Sena, Behor Mentalon, Chemumar, Serdang and Changkat Jawi.[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Guar Sanji's electorate as of 2018[3]

  Malay (97.36%)
  Chinese (2.04%)
  Indian (0.38%)
  East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.08%)
  Orang Asli (0.01%)
  Other ethnicities (0.13%)
Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district Electors
Guar Sanji 1,878
Kampong Sena 1,810
Behor Mentalon 1,261
Chemumar 1,035
Serdang 1,804
Changkat Jawi 743
Total 8,531
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

History
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Guar Sanji
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Sanglang
7th1986-1990Taib IsmailBN (UMNO)
8th1990-1995Abdul Aziz Saad
9th1995-1999Arof Saad
10th1999-2004Ahmad AliPAS
11th2004-2008Jafperi OthmanBN (UMNO)
12th2008-2013
13th2013-2018
14th2018-2020Mohd Ridzuan HashimPAS
2020–present PN (PAS)

Election results
Perlis state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNRozieana Ahmad3,19942.19- 1.67
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyIdris Yaacob2,87137.87- 18.27
PHBaridah Che Nayan1,51219.94+ 19.94
Total valid votes 7,582 100.00
Total rejected ballots 103
Unreturned ballots 40
Turnout 7,72583.67
Registered electors 9,233
Majority 328
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN Swing ?
Source(s)
[3]
Perlis state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNJafperi Othman4,23556.14+ 0.96
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyZulmi Sabri3,30843.86- 0.96
Total valid votes 7,543 100.00
Total rejected ballots 82
Unreturned ballots 14
Turnout 7,63987.57
Registered electors 8,723
Majority 927
BN hold Swing
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.
Perlis state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNJafperi Othman3,73655.18+ 4.08
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyAhmad Adnan Fadzil3,03444.82- 4.08
Total valid votes 6,770 100.00
Total rejected ballots 93
Unreturned ballots 16
Turnout 6,87984.30
Registered electors 8,160
Majority 702
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[5]
Perlis state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNJafperi Othman3,37851.10+ 6.10
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyAhmad Ali3,23348.90- 6.10
Total valid votes 6,611 100.00
Total rejected ballots 97
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 6,70886.39
Registered electors 7,765
Majority 145
BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Swing ?
Source(s)
[5]
Perlis state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyAhmad Ali3,31855.00+ 7.82
BNAzib Saad2,71545.00- 7.82
Total valid votes 6,033 100.00
Total rejected ballots 123
Unreturned ballots 1
Turnout 6,15784.32
Registered electors 7,302
Majority 603
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN Swing ?
Perlis state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNArof Saad2,79152.82- 11.52
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyBahari Ali2,49347.18+ 11.52
Total valid votes 5,284 100.00
Total rejected ballots 91
Unreturned ballots 5
Turnout 5,38077.64
Registered electors 6,929
Majority 298
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNAbdul Aziz Saad3,16764.34+ 0.06
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyBahari Ali1,75535.66- 0.06
Total valid votes 4,922 100.00
Total rejected ballots 184
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 5,10676.67
Registered electors 6,660
Majority 1,412
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNTaib Ismail2,69764.28
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyMahamood Mohd Noor1,49935.72
Total valid votes 4,196 100.00
Total rejected ballots 177
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 4,37373.48
Registered electors 5,951
Majority 1,198
This was a new constituency created.

References
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perlis". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  4. "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-05-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.