Kempas (state constituency)

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Kempas
Flag of Johor.svg Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Ramlee Bohani
BN
Constituency created1994
First contested1995
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Population (2020)102,118
Electors (2022)62,011
Area (km²)21

Kempas is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly. [1]

Contents

The state constituency was first contested in 1995 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 Kempas's electorate as of 2022
  1. Malay (55.3%)
  2. Chinese (30.89%)
  3. Indian (10.84%)
  4. Other ethnicities (1.72%)
  5. Sarawak Bumiputera (0.75%)
  6. Sabah Bumiputera (0.5%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kempas constituency has a total of 14 polling districts. [2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Kempas（N47）Kempas161/47/01SMK Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat
Permatang161/47/02SA Kempas Baru
Lembah Kempas161/47/03SK Kempas
Jalan Tampoi161/47/04SK Taman Damansara Aliff
Denai161/47/05SK Seri Kenanga
Taman Siantan161/47/06SK Perumahan Tampoi 2
Taman Johor161/47/07SMK Sri Rahmat
Taman Cempaka161/47/08SA Taman Cempaka
Taman Dahlia161/47/09SK Seri Melati
Taman Kobena161/47/10SA Perumahan MARA
Desa Rahmat161/47/11SMK Dato Abdul Rahman Yassin
Pekan Tampoi162/47/12SJK (C) Tampoi
Bukit Mewah162/47/13SK Taman Bukit Mewah
Bukit Kempas162/47/14SK Taman Bukit Kempas

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kempas
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Gelang Patah dan Tambatan
9th1995-1999 Abdul Kadir Annuar BN (UMNO)
10th1999-2004 Osman Sapian
11th2004-2008
12th2008-2013
13th2013-2018Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Tengku Hamid Jumat
14th2018-2020 Osman Sapian PH (BERSATU)
2020-2021PN (BERSATU)
2021-2022Vacant [N 1]
15th2022–present Ramlee Bohani BN (UMNO)

Election results

Johor state election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Ramlee Bohani11,91938.92
PKR Napsiah Khamis8,40527.44Increase2.svg 27.44
PN Nur Faizal Abdullah8,03626.24Increase2.svg 26.24
PEJUANG Nornekman Osman1,3584.33Increase2.svg 4.33
Independent Tok Hambali4801.57
Independent Azwan Abd Rahman2710.88
Independent Mohd Suhaimi A Rahman1580.52
Total valid votes30,627100.00
Total rejected ballots392
Unreturned ballots235
Turnout31,25450.40
Registered electors62,011
Majority3,51411.48
BN gain from PH Swing ?
Source(s)
[3] [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Vacant from 21 December 2021 until the 2022 state election due to the incumbent's death in office. Initially, Johor held its elections on 12 August 2023. However, due to his death, the election was held much earlier, in March 2022.

References

  1. ↑ "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".)
  2. ↑ "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2016-07-08.
  3. ↑ "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. ↑ "Dashboard SPR". Archived from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2022-03-30.


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