Gemas (state constituency)

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Gemas
Flag of Negeri Sembilan.svg Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Ridzuan Ahmad
PN
Constituency created1959
First contested1959
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)29,648

Gemas is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. [1]

Contents

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 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 Gemas's electorate as of 2023 [2]

   Malay (83.34%)
   Chinese (7.73%)
   Indian (4.84%)
  Other ethnicities (4.09%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Gemas constituency has a total of 7 polling districts. [3]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Gemas（N34）FELDA Jelai 1 & 3133/34/01SK Jelai 1
Pasir Besar133/35/02Balai Raya Kampung Pasir Besar Gemas
FELDA Pasir Besar133/34/03SK (FELDA) Pasir Besar
Kampong Ladang133/35/04SK Kampong Lalang
Pekan Gemas133/34/05SK Gemas
Taman Sentosa133/34/06SMK Gemas
FELDA Jelai 2 &4133/34/07SK Jelai 2 (FELDA)

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gemas
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
1st 1959-1962Fong Yew WangAlliance (MCA)
1962 Socialist Front ( Lab )
1962-1964Goh Boon TahAlliance (MCA)
2nd 1964-1969Lim Heng Seng
1969-1971Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1974Lim Heng SengAlliance (MCA)
4th 1974-1978Mohamed Salleh Mohamed HashimBN (UMNO)
5th 1978-1982
6th 1982-1986
7th 1986-1990Mohd Yassin Bakar
8th 1990-1995
9th 1995-1999
10th 1999-2004
11th 2004-2008Jamluz Aziz
12th 2008-2013Zainab Nasir
13th 2013-2018 Abdul Razak Said
14th 2018-2023
15th2023–present Ridzuan Ahmad PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PN Ridzuan Ahmad 11,65357.73Increase2.svg 57.73
BN Abdul Razak Said 8,53342.27Decrease2.svg 13.89
Total valid votes20,186 100.00
Total rejected ballots251
Unreturned ballots16
Turnout20,45368.99Decrease2.svg 11.30
Registered electors29,648
Majority3,12015.46Decrease2.svg 11.74
PN gain from BN Swing ?
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Abdul Razak Said 9,85356.16Decrease2.svg 22.30
PH Baharuddin Arif Siri5,08128.96Increase2.svg 28.96
PAS Abdul Halim Abu Bakar2,61214.89Increase2.svg 14.89
Total valid votes17,546 100.00
Total rejected ballots283
Unreturned ballots91
Turnout17,92080.29Decrease2.svg 5.67
Registered electors22,318
Majority4,77227.20Decrease2.svg 29.72
BN hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Abdul Razak Said 15,04078.46Decrease2.svg 0.70
PKR Karip Mohd Salleh4,12921.54Increase2.svg 21.54
Total valid votes19,169 100.00
Total rejected ballots351
Unreturned ballots53
Turnout19,57385.96Increase2.svg 6.78
Registered electors22,771
Majority10,91156.92Decrease2.svg 1.40
BN hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Zainab Nasir10,81179.16
PAS Mohd Ali Maarof2,84620.84
Total valid votes13,657 100.00
Total rejected ballots345
Unreturned ballots224
Turnout14,22679.18
Registered electors17,966
Majority7,96558.32
BN hold Swing

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