Kubang Rotan

Kubang Rotan
Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Salleh Saidin ; PN
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Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Population (2020)	63,237
Electors (2023)	50,233

Last updated March 25, 2025

Kubang Rotan is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kubang Rotan's electorate as of 2023^[1]

Malay (70.5%)
Chinese (27.8%)
Indian (0.97%)
Other ethnicities (0.73%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kubang Rotan constituency has a total of 17 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Kubang Rotan (N16）	Kuar Jawa	010/17/01	SK Hj Abdullag Sadun
	Kubang Jawi	010/17/02	SK Alor Janggus
	Kubang Jambu	010/16/03	SJK (C) Long Seong
	Kubang Rotan	010/16/04	SMK Kubang Rotan
	Seberang Kota	010/16/05	SK Kuala Kedah
	Kampung Bahru	010/16/06	SJK (C) Pei Shih
	Pekan Kuala Kedah	010/16/07	SMK Seri Pantai
	Taman Sri Putra	010/16/08	SK Seri Pantai
	Kampung Tengah	010/16/09	SK Haji Ismail
	Kampung Balai	010/16/10	SK Haji Salleh Masri
	Kubang Panggas	010/16/11	SK Dato' Shaari
	Telok Chengai	010/16/12	SMK Tengku Laksamana
	Taman Seri Ampang	010/16/13	SMJK Keat Hwa II
	Taman Pelangi	010/16/14	SJK (C) Pei Hwa
	Peremba	010/16/15	SK Peremba
	Taman Sultan Badlishah	010/16/16	SMK Seberang Perak
	Taman Malek	010/16/17	SMJK Keat Hwa I

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Kubang Rotan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Alor Janggus
9th	1995–1999	Syed Razak Syed Zain	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013	Mohd Nasir Mustafa	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Mohd Nasir Mustafa	PR (PAS)
14th	2018–2023	Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	PH (AMANAH)
15th	2023–present	Mohd Salleh Saidin	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023 : Kubang Rotan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohd Salleh Saidin	22,951	65.36	65.36
	PH	Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	12,165	34.64	14.03
Total valid votes			35,116	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136
Unreturned ballots			42
Turnout			35,294	70.26	10.64
Registered electors			50,233
Majority			10,786	30.72	8.01
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2018 : Kubang Rotan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Asmirul Anuar Aris	14,004	48.67	48.67
	BN	Abdul Muthalib Harun	7,469	25.96	22.24
	PAS	Omar Saad	7,303	25.38	26.42
Total valid votes			28,776	100.00
Total rejected ballots			449
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			29,326	80.90	3.93
Registered electors			36,253
Majority			6,535	22.71	19.11
	PH gain from PAS		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013 : Kubang Rotan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Nasir Mustafa	15,013	51.80	1.39
	BN	Latt Shariman Abdullah	13,969	48.20	1.39
Total valid votes			28,982	100.00
Total rejected ballots			335
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			29,317	84.83	8.31
Registered electors			34,559
Majority			1,044	3.60	2.78
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008 : Kubang Rotan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Nasir Mustafa	11,550	53.19	53.19
	BN	Nordin Salleh	10,163	46.81	22.10
Total valid votes			21,713	100.00
Total rejected ballots			335
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			22,050	76.52	1.84
Registered electors			28,817
Majority			1,387	6.38	31.44
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2004 : Kubang Rotan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Razak Syed Zain	14,468	68.91	11.73
	PKR	Saifuddin Nasution Ismail	6,527	31.09	31.09
Total valid votes			20,995	100.00
Total rejected ballots			389
Unreturned ballots			31
Turnout			21,415	78.36	3.57
Registered electors			27,329
Majority			7,941	37.82	23.46
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1999 : Kubang Rotan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Razak Syed Zain	7,905	57.18	7.12
	PAS	Kasim Mat Isa	5,920	42.82	7.12
Total valid votes			13,825	100.00
Total rejected ballots			357
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			14,190	74.79	2.51
Registered electors			18,973
Majority			1,985	14.36	14.24
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1995 : Kubang Rotan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Syed Razak Syed Zain	8,482	64.30
	PAS	Muhamad Yusof Husin	4,709	35.70
Total valid votes			13,191	100.00
Total rejected ballots			243
Unreturned ballots			40
Turnout			13,474	72.28
Registered electors			18,642
Majority			3,773	28.60
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 2016-04-27.

↑ "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.
↑ "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 ‍]}

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[1] "15th Kedah State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

[2] "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 ‍]}

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