Buloh Kasap (state constituency)

Buloh Kasap

Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Zahari Sarip BN
Constituency created	1973
Constituency abolished	1982
Constituency re-created	2003
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	31,956
Electors (2022) [1]	28,484
Area (km²)	594

Buloh Kasap is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly. ^[2]

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 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 Buloh Kasap's electorate as of 2022

   Malay (56.02%)

   Chinese (31.65%)

   Indian (11.06%)

  Other ethnicities (1.11%)

   Sabah Bumiputera (0.08%)

   Sarawak Bumiputera (0.07%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Buloh Kasap constituency has a total of 17 polling districts. ^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Buloh Kasap（N01）	Mensudot Lema	140/01/01	SK Mensudut Lama
	Balai Badang	140/01/02	SK Balai Badang
	Palong Timor	140/01/03	SK LKTP Palong Timor
	Sepang Loi	140/01/04	SK Spang Loi
	Mensudot Pindah	140/01/05	SK Mensudut Pindah
	Awat	140/01/06	SK Kampong Awat
	Pekan Gemas Bahru	140/01/07	SJK (C) Tah Kang
	Gomali	140/01/08	SJK (T) Ladang Gomali
	Tambang	140/01/09	SK Tambang
	Paya Lang	140/01/10	Balai Rata Kampung Paya Lang
	Ladang Sungai Muar	140/01/11	Balai Raya Taman Suria Buloh Kasap
	Kuala Paya	140/01/12	SK Kuala Paya
	Bandar Buloh Kasap Utara	140/01/13	SA Buloh Kasap
	Bandar Buloh Kasap Selatan	140/01/14	SK Buloh Kasap
	Buloh Kasap	140/01/15	SMK Buluh Kasap
	Gelang Chinchin	140/01/16	SK Gelang Chinchin
	Sepinang	140/01/17	SK Sepinang

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Buloh Kasap
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Batu Anam
4th	1974–1978	G. Pasamanickam (ஜி.பாசமாணிக்கம்)	BN (MIC)
5th	1978–1982	M. K. Muthusamy (எம்.கே.முத்துசாமி)
6th	1982–1986	V. Arumugam (வி.ஆறுமுகம்)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sepinang
Constituency recreated from Sepinang
11th	2004–2008	Othman Jais	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Norshida Ibrahim
14th	2018–2022	Zahari Sarip
15th	2022–present

Election results

Johor state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zahari Sarip	8,956	56.96	4.45
	PH	Subramani Chami	3,579	22.76	24.73
	PN	Norazman Md Diah	2,999	19.07	19.07
	PEJUANG	Mohd Hanafi Ahmad	190	1.21	1.21
Total valid votes			15,724	100.00
Total rejected ballots			464
Unreturned ballots			67
Turnout			16,255	57.10	31.13
Registered electors			28,481
Majority			5,377	34.20	29.18
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [4] [5]

Johor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zahari Sarip	9,186	52.51	8.64
	PH	Norsamsu Mohd Yusof	8,309	47.49	47.49
Total valid votes			17,495	100.00
Total rejected ballots			341
Unreturned ballots			45
Turnout			17,881	88.23	2.91
Registered electors			21,484
Majority			877	5.02	16.68
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [6] [7]

Johor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Norshida Ibrahim	9,448	60.85	9.61
	PAS	Firdaus Masod	6,078	39.15	9.61
Total valid votes			15,526	100.00
Total rejected ballots			497
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,023	85.32	12.21
Registered electors			18,779
Majority			3,370	21.70	19.22
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette – Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette – Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Johor state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Othman Jais	7,691	70.46	15.03
	PAS	Firdaus Masod	3,225	29.54	15.03
Total valid votes			10,916	100.00
Total rejected ballots			360
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,276	73.11	1.96
Registered electors			15,424
Majority			4,466	40.92	30.06
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [7]

Johor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Othman Jais	9,072	85.49
	PAS	Mohd Rozali Jamil Al-Hafiz	1,540	14.51
Total valid votes			10,612	100.00
Total rejected ballots			374
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,986	71.15
Registered electors			15,440
Majority			7,532	70.98
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) [7]

References

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star . Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.(Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
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 - Buloh Kasap (P140-N1)". Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-17.