Kota Raja (Perlis state constituency)
 Perlis constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Perlis State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
Kota Raja was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.
The state constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History[edit]
It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history[edit]
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Raja | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Bandar Arau | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Pauh | |||
Election results[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | 3,794 | 67.16 | ||
| S46 | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | 1,855 | 32.84 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,649 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 204 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 5,853 | 75.79 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,723 | ||||
| Majority | 1,939 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | 3,176 | 68.71 | |||
| PAS | Bahari Ali | 1,195 | 25.85 | |||
| Independent | Chong Teik Tee | 251 | 5.43 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,622 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 201 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 4,823 | 71.05 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,788 | |||||
| Majority | 1,981 | |||||
| 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 2016-05-10.