Bukit Kepayang (state constituency)

Bukit Kepayang

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Nicole Tan Lee Koon PH
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	46,229

Bukit Kepayang 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 2004 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 Bukit Kepayang's electorate as of 2023 ^[2]

1. Chinese (49.2%)
2. Malay (26.5%)
3. Indian (22.2%)
4. Other ethnicities (2.03%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 17 July 2023, the Bukit Kepayang constituency has a total of 10 polling districts. ^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Kepayang (N21)	Bukit Kepayang	130/21/01	SMJK Chan Wa II SJK (C) Hillside
	Taman Permai	130/21/02	SMK Puteri Seremban Kompleks Jabatan Kebudayaan dan Kesenian Negara SK Puteri
	Jalan Kong Sang	130/21/03	SJK (C) San Min
	Jalan Dato Bandar Tunggal	130/21/04	SMK Methodist (A.C.S)
	Jalan Yam Tuan	130/21/05	SJK (T) Lorong Jawa
	Jalan Lee Sam	130/21/06	SK Methodist (A.C.S) Seremban
	Jalan Tuanku Munawir	130/21/07	SJK (C) Sino English
	Bukit Tembok	130/21/08	Sekolah Methodist Wesley Seremban
	Taman Bukit Kaya	130/21/09	SK St Paul
	Seremban 2	130/21/10	SK Wawasan SK Seremban 2A SK Seremban 2B SJK (C) Tung Hua SMK Bukit Kepayang Dewan Komuniti Mantau

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Kepayang
Assembly	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created from Temiang, Labu, Lobak, Mambau and Rahang
11th	2004-2008	Chan Khee Voon	BN (GERAKAN)
12th	2008-2013	Cha Kee Chin (谢琪清)	PR (DAP)
13th	2013-2015
	2015-2018		PH (DAP)
14th	2018-2023	Nicole Tan Lee Koon (陈丽群)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Nicole Tan Lee Koon	24,626	80.77	2.52
	PN	Subramaniam Purusuthoma	4,942	16.21	16.21
	Independent	Ahmad Zamali Mohamad	921	3.02	3.02
Total valid votes			30,489	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots			68
Turnout			30,664	66.33	18.92
Registered electors			46,229
Majority			19,684	64.56	2.02
	PH hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Nicole Tan Lee Koon	18,668	83.29	83.29
	BN	Mak Kah Keong	3,744	16.71	7.36
Total valid votes			22,412	100.00
Total rejected ballots			196
Unreturned ballots			77
Turnout			22,685	85.25	1.16
Registered electors			26,610
Majority			14,924	66.58	16.26
	PH hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Cha Kee Chin	13,981	74.39	2.41
	BN	Wong Oi Foon	4,524	24.07	3.95
	Independent	Vijaiyan Sivanathan	130	0.69	0.69
Total valid votes			18,635	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			18,837	86.41	6.71
Registered electors			21,799
Majority			9,457	50.32	6.36
	DAP hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Cha Kee Chin	9,333	71.98
	BN	Chan Khee Voon	3,633	28.02
Total valid votes			12,966	100.00
Total rejected ballots			187
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			13,154	79.70
Registered electors			16,510
Majority			5,700	43.96
	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. "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