Palong (state constituency)

Palong
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mustafa Nagoor; BN
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Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	23,494

Palong 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[edit]

Ethnic breakdown of Palong's electorate as of 2023^[2]

Malay (92.10%)

Indian (5.84%)

Chinese (1.63%)

Other ethnicities (0.43%)

History[edit]

Polling Districts[edit]

According to the Gazette issued on 17 July 2023, the Palong constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Palong (N06)	Palong 14, 15 & 16	127/06/01	SK Palong 14
	Palong 8	127/06/02	SK Palong 8 (FELDA)
	Palong 12 & 13	127/06/03	SK (FELDA) Palong 12
	Palong 7	127/06/04	SK (FELDA) Palong 7
	Palong 9, 10 & 11	126/02/05	SMK Palong 11 SK (FELDA) Palong 9
	Palong 6	127/06/06	SMK Seri Perpatih
	Palong 5	127/06/07	SK (FELDA) Palong 5
	Palong 4	127/06/08	SK (FELDA) Palong 4
	Palong 3	127/06/09	SK (FELDA) Palong 3

Representation History[edit]

Members of Assembly for Palong
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created from Jempol
7th	1986-1990	Baharudin Hassan	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995	Baharudin Hassan
9th	1995-1999	Kamaruddin Mohd Din
10th	1999-2004	Kamaruddin Mohd Din
11th	2004-2008	Aziz Shamsudin
12th	2008-2013	Aziz Shamsudin
13th	2013-2018	Lilah Yasin
14th	2018-2023	Mustafa Nagoor
15th	2023–present	Mustafa Nagoor

Election results[edit]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustafa Nagoor	7,940	51.84	14.66
	PN	Noor Azman Parmin	7,376	48.16	48.16
Total valid votes			15,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			121
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			15,458	65.80	15.69
Registered electors			23,494
Majority			564	3.68	39.47
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mustafa Nagoor	9,575	66.15	14.66
	PH	Nor Arzemi Nordin	3,329	23.00	23.00
	PAS	Masdi Musa	1,571	10.85	10.85
Total valid votes			14,475	100.00
Total rejected ballots			246
Unreturned ballots			86
Turnout			14,807	81.49	5.70
Registered electors			18,170
Majority			6,246	43.15	18.47
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lilah Yasin	11,090	80.81
	PKR	Rebin Birham	2,634	19.19
Total valid votes			13,724	100.00
Total rejected ballots			209
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			13,988	87.19
Registered electors			16,044
Majority			8,456	61.62
	BN hold		Swing

References[edit]

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".
^ "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
^ Federal Gazette gov.my 17 July 2023 Retrieved 18 August 2023

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[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 Gazette gov.my 17 July 2023 Retrieved 18 August 2023

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