Gemas (state constituency)

Gemas
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
LegislatureNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Ridzuan Ahmad
PN
Constituency created1959
First contested1959
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)29,648

Gemas is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Gemas's electorate as of 2023[2]
  1. Malay (83.34%)
  2. Chinese (7.73%)
  3. Indian (4.84%)
  4. Other ethnicities (4.09%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Gemas constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.[3]

State constituency Polling districts Code Location
Gemas（N34） FELDA Jelai 1 & 3 133/34/01 SK Jelai 1
Pasir Besar 133/35/02 Balai Raya Kampung Pasir Besar Gemas
FELDA Pasir Besar 133/34/03 SK (FELDA) Pasir Besar
Kampong Ladang 133/35/04 SK Kampong Lalang
Pekan Gemas 133/34/05 SK Gemas
Taman Sentosa 133/34/06 SMK Gemas
FELDA Jelai 2 &4 133/34/07 SK Jelai 2 (FELDA)

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gemas
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created
1st 1959-1962 Fong Yew Wang Alliance (MCA)
1962 Socialist Front (Lab)
1962-1964 Goh Boon Tah Alliance (MCA)
2nd 1964-1969 Lim Heng Seng
1969-1971 Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1974 Lim Heng Seng Alliance (MCA)
4th 1974-1978 Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Hashim BN (UMNO)
5th 1978-1982
6th 1982-1986
7th 1986-1990 Mohd Yassin Abu Bakar
8th 1990-1995
9th 1995-1999
10th 1999-2004
11th 2004-2008 Jamluz Aziz
12th 2008-2013 Zainab Nasir
13th 2013-2018 Abdul Razak Said
14th 2018-2023
15th 2023–present Ridzuan Ahmad PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PN Ridzuan Ahmad 11,653 57.73 57.73
BN Abdul Razak Said 8,533 42.27 13.89
Total valid votes 20,186 100.00
Total rejected ballots 251
Unreturned ballots 16
Turnout 20,453 68.99 11.30
Registered electors 29,648
Majority 3,120 15.46 11.74
PN gain from BN Swing ?
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abdul Razak Said 9,853 56.16 22.30
PH Baharuddin Arif Siri 5,081 28.96 28.96
PAS Abdul Halim Abu Bakar 2,612 14.89 14.89
Total valid votes 17,546 100.00
Total rejected ballots 283
Unreturned ballots 91
Turnout 17,920 80.29 5.67
Registered electors 22,318
Majority 4,772 27.20 29.72
BN hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Abdul Razak Said 15,040 78.46 0.70
PKR Karip Mohd Salleh 4,129 21.54 21.54
Total valid votes 19,169 100.00
Total rejected ballots 351
Unreturned ballots 53
Turnout 19,573 85.96 6.78
Registered electors 22,771
Majority 10,911 56.92 1.40
BN hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
BN Zainab Nasir 10,811 79.16
PAS Mohd Ali Maarof 2,846 20.84
Total valid votes 13,657 100.00
Total rejected ballots 345
Unreturned ballots 224
Turnout 14,226 79.18
Registered electors 17,966
Majority 7,965 58.32
BN hold Swing

References

  • "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  1. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".
  2. ^ "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. ^ "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.


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