Kota Lama

Kota Lama

Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Hafidzah Mustakim PH
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	33,043

Kota Lama is a state constituency in Kelantan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly. ^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kota Lama's electorate as of 2018 ^[2]

   Malay (65.01%)

   Chinese (32.70%)

   Indian (1.46%)

  Other ethnicities (0.83%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kota Lama constituency has a total of 12 polling districts. ^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Kota Lama (N09）	Kubang Pasu	021/09/01	SMK Zainab 2
	Kelochor	021/09/02	SJK (C) Chung Cheng
	Kebun Sultan	021/09/03	SJK (C) Chung Hwa
	Merbau	021/09/04	SK Merbau
	Atas Banggol	021/09/05	SMJK Chung Hwa
	Jalan Pejabat Pos Lama	021/09/06	Maahadi Muhammadi (Perempuan)
	Bandar	021/09/07	SMJK Chung Cheng
	Padang Garong	021/09/08	SK Padang Garong 1
	Kota Lama	021/09/09	SK Kampung Sireh
	Islah Lama	021/09/10	SK Sri Bemban
	Kampung Dusun	021/09/11	SK Padang Garong 1
	Kubor Kuda	021/09/12	SK Kampung Sireh

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Lama
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Padang Garong
9th	1995–1999	Leong Su Siang	BN (MCA)
10th	1999–2004	Anuar Tan Abdullah	PAS
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present	Hafidzah Mustakim	PH (AMANAH)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023 : Kota Lama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Hafidzah Mustakim	9,691	49.98
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zamri Ismail	9,489	48.94
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Andy Tan	126	0.65
	Independent	Izat Bukhary	85	0.44
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			33,043
Majority			202 Template:MASelec/Gain PH (Amanah)

Kelantan state election, 2018 : Kota Lama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Anuar Tan Abdullah	8,410	40.12	24.53
	PH	Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman	6,965	33.23	33.23
	BN	Chua Hock Kuan	5,502	26.25	8.41
	Parti Sosialis Malaysia	Khairul Nizam Abd Ghani	54	0.26	0.26
	Independent	Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary	29	0.14	0.14
Total valid votes			20,960	100.00
Total rejected ballots			267
Unreturned ballots			140
Turnout			21,367	75.89
Registered electors			28,157
Majority			1,445	6.89
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2013 : Kota Lama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	14,269	64.65	1.97
	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,651	34.66	2.66
	Independent	Mohd Zakiman Abu Bakar	152	0.69	0.69
Total valid votes			22,072	100.00
Total rejected ballots			275
Unreturned ballots			52
Turnout			22,399	79.29
Registered electors			28,248
Majority			6,618	29.99
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Kelantan [P.U. (B) 187/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. 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 Kelantan [P.U. (B) 228/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Kelantan state election, 2008 : Kota Lama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	12,867	62.68	12.59
	BN	Tan Ken Ten	7,661	37.32	12.59
Total valid votes			20,528	100.00
Total rejected ballots			276
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			20,804	76.94
Registered electors			27,038
Majority			5,206	25.36
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 2004 : Kota Lama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	9,154	50.09	1.26
	BN	Leong Su Siang	9,120	49.91	1.26
Total valid votes			18,274	100.00
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			18,543	74.81
Registered electors			24,787
Majority			34	0.18
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party hold		Swing

Kelantan state election, 1999 : Kota Lama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah	8,470	51.35	51.35
	BN	Leong Su Siang	8,025	48.65	5.51
Total valid votes			16,495	100.00
Total rejected ballots			298
Unreturned ballots			72
Turnout			16,865	68.85
Registered electors			24,495
Majority			445	2.70
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kelantan state election, 1995 : Kota Lama

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Leong Su Siang	8,837	54.16
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front	Mohd Yusoff Mohd Nor	7,161	43.89
	Independent	Foo Chee Lian @ Foo Chee Tow	214	1.31
	KITA	Mohd Din Nizamdin	104	0.64
Total valid votes			16,316	100.00
Total rejected ballots			336
Unreturned ballots			124
Turnout			16,776	69.74
Registered electors			24,054
Majority			1,676	10.27
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

1. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Kelantan".
2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
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 ]}