Bukit Katil (federal constituency)

Bukit Katil

Malacca constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	2003
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Bukit Katil was a federal constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 2004 to 2018.

The federal constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2018 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Bukit Katil
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Batu Berendam and Kota Melaka
11th	P137	2004-2008	Mohd Ruddin Ab Ghani (محمد روددين اب غني)	BN (UMNO)
12th		2008-2013	Md Sirat Abu (مد سيرت ابو)
13th		2013-2018	Shamsul Iskandar @ Yusre Mohd Akin (شمس الإسكندر محمد عقين)	PR (PKR)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Hang Tuah Jaya

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Bukit Katil						Ayer Keroh
						Ayer Molek
						Bachang
						Bukit Baru

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Shamsul Iskandar @ Yusre Mohd Akin	46,357	53.30	4.76
	BN	Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam	40,624	46.70	4.76
Total valid votes			86,981	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,102
Unreturned ballots			188
Turnout			88,271	88.77	6.85
Registered electors			99,438
Majority			5,733	6.60	3.68
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 180/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.[ permanent dead link ] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 221/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.[ permanent dead link ]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Sirat Abu	30,975	51.46	24.88
	PKR	Khalid Jaafar	29,217	48.54	24.88
Total valid votes			60,192	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,173
Unreturned ballots			708
Turnout			62,073	81.92	1.43
Registered electors			75,777
Majority			1,758	2.92	49.76
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd Ruddin Ab Ghani	39,491	76.34
	PKR	Khalid Jaafar	12,239	23.66
Total valid votes			51,730	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,334
Unreturned ballots			85
Turnout			53,149	80.49
Registered electors
Majority			27,252	52.68
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-12.