Kota Raja (Perlis state constituency)

Kota Raja

Perlis constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

Kota Raja was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota Raja
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bandar Arau
7th	1986–1990	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995
Constituency abolished, renamed to Pauh

Election results

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh	3,794	67.16
	S46	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,855	32.84
Total valid votes			5,649	100.00
Total rejected ballots			204
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,853	75.79
Registered electors			7,723
Majority			1,939
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh	3,176	68.71
	PAS	Bahari Ali	1,195	25.85
	Independent	Chong Teik Tee	251	5.43
Total valid votes			4,622	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,823	71.05
Registered electors			6,788
Majority			1,981
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 2016-05-10.