Repah

Repah
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
LegislatureNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Veerapan Superamaniam
PH
Constituency created1984
First contested1986
Last contested2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)27,284

Repah 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 1986 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 Repah's electorate as of 2018[2]
  1. Chinese (41.39%)
  2. Malay (39.49%)
  3. Indian (17.6%)
  4. Other ethnicities (1.52%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Repah constituency has a total of 8 polling districts.[3]

State constituency Polling districts Code Location
Repah (N36) Repah 133/36/01 SMA Repah
Kampong Bahru Tampin 133/36/02 SJK (C) Kg Baru Tampin
Pekan Tampin 133/36/03 SJK (T) Tampin
Kampong Batu Belang 133/36/04 SMK Taman Indah
Keru 133/36/05 SK Keru
Tebong 136/36/06 SK Tunku Syed Syaaban
Kampong Asahan 136/36/07 Maahad Ahmadi Gemencheh
Taman Indah 133/36/08 SK Tengku Zainun

Representation History

Member of the Legislative for Repah
Assembly Years Name Party
Constituency created from Rompin
7th 1986-1990 Lay Chun Tai @ Loy Chee Tai BN (MCA)
8th 1990-1995
9th 1995-1997
1997-1999 Gan Chin Yap
10th 1999-2004
11th 2004-2008
12th 2008-2013 Veerapan Superamaniam PR (DAP)
13th 2013-2018
14th 2018-2023 PH (DAP)
15th 2023–present

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023: Repah
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PH Veerapan Superamaniam 11,507 67.43 8.83
PN Yong Li Yi 5,557 32.57 32.57
Total valid votes 17,064 100.00
Total rejected ballots 193
Unreturned ballots 20
Turnout 17,277 63.32 20.67
Registered electors 27,284
Majority 5,950 34.86 5.74
PH hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018: Repah
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PH Veerapan Superamaniam 9,568 58.57 58.57
BN Koh Kim Swee 4,810 29.45 10.15
PAS Abdul Razakek Abdul Rahim 1,957 11.98 11.98
Total valid votes 16,335 100.00
Total rejected ballots 189
Unreturned ballots 56
Turnout 16,580 83.98 1.68
Registered electors 19,742
Majority 4,758 29.12 16.99
PH hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013: Repah
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
DAP Veerapan Superamaniam 8,293 51.73 0.70
BN Yap Seong Fook 6,349 39.60 7.97
Independent Fadzil A. Bakar 1,390 8.67 8.67
Total valid votes 16,032 100.00
Total rejected ballots 291
Unreturned ballots 44
Turnout 16,367 85.66 10.80
Registered electors 19,107
Majority 1,944 12.13 7.27
DAP hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008: Repah
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
DAP Veerapan Superamaniam 5,977 52.43
BN Yap Seong Fook 5,424 47.57
Total valid votes 11,401 100.00
Total rejected ballots 441
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 11,842 74.86
Registered electors 15,819
Majority 553 4.86
DAP gain from BN 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. ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
  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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