Kota Lama (Kelantan state constituency)

Last updated
Kota Lama (N09)
Flag of Kelantan.svg Kelantan constituency
State constituency
Legislature Kelantan State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Hafidzah Mustakim
PH
Constituency created1994
First contested1995
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]

Contents

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

From its creation, the Kota Lama constituency has the most Chinese voters compared to other constituency in Kelantan, which has a Malay-Muslim majority voters. Therefore usually Chinese candidates were selected by parties to contest the seat. [2]

Ethnic breakdown of Kota Lama's electorate as of 2023 [3]
  1. Malay 66.16 (66.2%)
  2. Chinese 30.99 (31.0%)
  3. Indian 1.51 (1.51%)
  4. Other ethnicities 1.35 (1.35%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kota Lama constituency has a total of 12 polling districts. [4]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Kota Lama (N09）Kubang Pasu021/09/01SMK Zainab 2
Kelochor021/09/02SJK (C) Chung Cheng
Kebun Sultan021/09/03SJK (C) Chung Hwa
Merbau021/09/04SK Merbau
Atas Banggol021/09/05SMJK Chung Hwa
Jalan Pejabat Pos Lama021/09/06Maahadi Muhammadi (Perempuan)
Bandar021/09/07SMJK Chung Cheng
Padang Garong021/09/08SK Padang Garong 1
Kota Lama021/09/09SK Kampung Sireh
Islah Lama021/09/10SK Sri Bemban
Kampung Dusun021/09/11SK Padang Garong 1
Kubor Kuda021/09/12SK Kampung Sireh

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Lama
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Padang Garong
9th 1995–1999Leong Su Siang (龍仕祥)BN (MCA)
10th 1999–2004 Anuar Tan Abdullah (陳昇頓)PAS
11th 2004–2008
12th 2008–2013PR (PAS)
13th 2013–2018
14th 2018–2020PAS
2020–2023PN (PAS)
15th2023–present Hafidzah Mustakim PH (AMANAH)

Election results

Kelantan state election, 2023 : Kota Lama
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PH Hafidzah Mustakim 9,69149.98Increase2.svg 16.75
PAS Zamri Ismail9,48948.94Increase2.svg8.82
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Andy Tan1260.65Increase2.svg0.65
Independent Izat Bukhary850.44Increase2.svg0.30
Total valid votes19,391 100.00
Total rejected ballots192
Unreturned ballots27
Turnout19,61059.35Decrease2.svg 16.54
Registered electors33,043
Majority2021.04Decrease2.svg 5.85
PH gain from PAS Swing ?
Kelantan state election, 2018 : Kota Lama
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Anuar Tan Abdullah8,41040.12Decrease2.svg 24.53
PH Ab. Rashid Ab. Rahman6,96533.23Increase2.svg 33.23
BN Chua Hock Kuan5,50226.25Decrease2.svg 8.41
Parti Sosialis Malaysia Khairul Nizam Abd Ghani540.26Increase2.svg 0.26
Independent Izat Bukhary Ismail Bukhary290.14Increase2.svg 0.14
Total valid votes20,960 100.00
Total rejected ballots267
Unreturned ballots140
Turnout21,36775.89Decrease2.svg 3.40
Registered electors28,157
Majority1,4456.89Decrease2.svg 23.10
PAS hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 2013 : Kota Lama
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah14,26964.65Increase2.svg 1.97
BN Tan Ken Ten7,65134.66Decrease2.svg 2.66
Independent Mohd Zakiman Abu Bakar1520.69Increase2.svg 0.69
Total valid votes22,072 100.00
Total rejected ballots275
Unreturned ballots52
Turnout22,39979.29Increase2.svg 2.35
Registered electors28,248
Majority6,61829.99Increase2.svg 4.63
PAS 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
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah12,86762.68Increase2.svg 12.59
BN Tan Ken Ten7,66137.32Decrease2.svg 12.59
Total valid votes20,528 100.00
Total rejected ballots276
Unreturned ballots
Turnout20,80476.94Increase2.svg 2.13
Registered electors27,038
Majority5,20625.36Increase2.svg 25.18
PAS hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 2004 : Kota Lama
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah9,15450.09Decrease2.svg 1.26
BN Leong Su Siang9,12049.91Increase2.svg 1.26
Total valid votes18,274 100.00
Total rejected ballots269
Unreturned ballots
Turnout18,54374.81Increase2.svg 5.96
Registered electors24,787
Majority340.18Decrease2.svg 2.52
PAS hold Swing
Kelantan state election, 1999 : Kota Lama
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
PAS Tan Teng Loon @ Anuar Tan Abdullah8,47051.35Increase2.svg 51.35
BN Leong Su Siang8,02548.65Decrease2.svg 5.51
Total valid votes16,495 100.00
Total rejected ballots298
Unreturned ballots72
Turnout16,86568.85Decrease2.svg 0.89
Registered electors24,495
Majority4452.70Decrease2.svg 7.57
PAS gain from BN Swing ?
Kelantan state election, 1995 : Kota Lama
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Leong Su Siang8,83754.16
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front Mohd Yusoff Mohd Nor7,16143.89
Independent Foo Chee Lian @ Foo Chee Tow2141.31
KITA Mohd Din Nizamdin1040.64
Total valid votes16,316 100.00
Total rejected ballots336
Unreturned ballots124
Turnout16,77669.74
Registered electors24,054
Majority1,67610.27
This was a new constituency created.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.