Bukit Pasir (state constituency)

Bukit Pasir

Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh BN
Constituency created	2018
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020) [1]	60,532
Electors (2022)	32,213
Area (km²)	235

Bukit Pasir is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly. ^[2]

The state constituency was first contested in 2018 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bukit Pasir's electorate as of 2022

   Malay (61.92%)

   Chinese (33.13%)

   Indian (4.22%)

  Other ethinicities (0.52%)

   Sabah Bumiputera (0.12%)

   Sarawak Bumiputera (0.09%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Pasir constituency is divided into 20 polling districts. ^[3]

State conatituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Pasir (N08）	Samasih	143/08/01	SK Semaseh
	Kampong Raja	143/08/02	SK Kampong Raja
	Panchor	143/08/03	SK Kota Raja
	Bandar Panchor	143/08/04	SJK (C) Ai Hwa
	Kampong Jawa	143/08/05	SK Panchor
	Jorak	143/08/06	SK Jorak
	Tanjong Selabu	143/08/07	SJK (C) Wee Sin
	Pergam	143/08/08	Balai Raya Kampung Pergam
	Temiang	143/08/09	SK Temiang
	Sungai Terap	143/08/10	Ma'had Tahfiz Al-Quran Al-Muttaqin
	Sungai Raya	143/08/11	SK Sungai Raya
	Kampong Tengah	143/08/12	Balai Raya Kampung Tengah
	Permatang Pasir	143/08/13	SK Sri Bukit Pasir
	Pekan Bukit Pasir Barat	143/08/14	SJK (C) Yu Jerm
	Pekan Bukit Pasir Utara	143/08/15	SMK Bukit Pasir
	Pekan Bukit Pasir Selatan	143/08/16	Dewan Jawatankuasa Kemajuan dan Keselamatan Pekan Bukit Pasir
	Bukit Pasir	143/08/17	SK Paya Panjang
	Ladang Craigielea	143/08/18	SJK (C) Kim Kee
	Panjang Sari	104/32/19	SK Panjang Sari
	Bukit Treh	143/08/20	Balai Raya Bukit Treh

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Pasir
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Jorak
14th	2018–2020	Najib Lep	PAS
	2020–2022		PN (PAS)
15th	2022–present	Mohamad Fazli Mohamad Salleh	BN (UMNO)

Election results

Johor state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fazli Salleh	6,048	32.11	12.60
	PN	Iqbal Razak	5,850	31.06	31.06
	PH	Elia Nadira	4,676	24.82	24.82
	Independent	Najib Lep	1,860	9.87	9.87
	Independent	Johar Siraj	207	1.10	1.10
	PEJUANG	Mohd Akhiri Mahmood	196	1.04	1.04
Total valid votes			18,837	100.00
Total rejected ballots			381
Unreturned ballots			63
Turnout			19,281	59.85	25.87
Registered electors			32,213
Majority			198	1.05	9.53
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?
Source(s) [4] [5]

Johor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAS	Najib Lep	9,835	55.29
	BN	Noriah Mahat	7,952	44.71
Total valid votes			17,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,382
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,305	85.72
Registered electors			22,520
Majority			1,883	10.58
This was a new constituency created
Source(s) [6] [7]

References

1. "Kawasanku". Department of Statistics Malaysia . Retrieved 2023-11-04.
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Johor". election.thestar.com.my.
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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
5. "Dashboard SPR".
6. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Johor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
7. "Undi.info - Pekan Nanas (P165-N55)". Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-03-29.