Mata Ayer (state constituency)

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Mata Ayer
Flag of Perlis.svg Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Wan Badariah Wan Saad
PN
Constituency created1958
First contested1959
Last contested 2022
Demographics
Electors (2022) [1] 9,662

Mata Ayer is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1974 and from 1995 to present.

Contents

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2022, the State Assemblywoman for Mata Ayer is Wan Badariah Wan Saad from Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Maya Ayer constituency is divided into 3 polling districts. [2]

State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Mata Ayer(N04)Tok Kaya Man001/04/01SK Dato Kayaman
Hutan Temin001/04/02SK Oran
Kampung Gial001/04/03SJK (C) Kong Aik

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Mata Ayer's electorate as of 2022 [3]
  1. Malay (91.0%)
  2. Other ethnicities (5.74%)
  3. Chinese (2.44%)
  4. Indian (0.86%)

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
PN Wan Badariah Wan Saad 4,41958.06Increase2.svg 58.06
BN Siti Berenee Yahaya 2,39831.51Decrease2.svg 12.03
PH Amran Kamarudin79410.43Decrease2.svg 21.38
Total valid votes7,611 100.00
Total rejected ballots121
Unreturned ballots18
Turnout7,75080.20Decrease2.svg 3.02
Registered electors9,662
Majority2,021
PN gain from BN Swing ?
Perlis state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Siti Berenee Yahaya 2,68443.54Decrease2.svg 24.58
PH Azhar Omar1,96431.87Increase2.svg 31.87
PAS Mohammad Yahya1,51624.59Increase2.svg 24.59
Total valid votes6,164 100.00
Total rejected ballots146
Unreturned ballots29
Turnout6,33983.22Decrease2.svg 4.64
Registered electors7,617
Majority720
BN hold Swing
Source(s)
[3]
Perlis state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Khairi Hasan3,73968.12Increase2.svg 0.08
PKR Ammar Gazali1,75031.88Increase2.svg 31.88
Total valid votes5,489 100.00
Total rejected ballots86
Unreturned ballots17
Turnout5,59287.86Increase2.svg 3.81
Registered electors6,365
Majority1,989
BN hold Swing
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
Perlis state election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Khairi Hasan3,05968.04Increase2.svg 0.15
PAS Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim1,43731.96Decrease2.svg 0.15
Total valid votes4,496 100.00
Total rejected ballots98
Unreturned ballots68
Turnout4,66284.05Increase2.svg 1.94
Registered electors5,547
Majority1,622
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Khairi Hasan3,04167.89Increase2.svg 9.09
PAS Suwardi Yaacob1,43832.11Decrease2.svg 9.09
Total valid votes4,479 100.00
Total rejected ballots56
Unreturned ballots28
Turnout4,56382.11Decrease2.svg 1.76
Registered electors5,557
Majority1,603
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1999
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Ishak Arshad2,21858.80Decrease2.svg 12.14
PAS Suwardi Yaacob1,55441.20Increase2.svg 12.14
Total valid votes3,772 100.00
Total rejected ballots71
Unreturned ballots250
Turnout4,09383.87Increase2.svg 0.89
Registered electors4,880
Majority664
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1995
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
BN Ishak Arshad2,88670.94Increase2.svg 23.46
PAS Saleh Itam1,18229.06Decrease2.svg 16.93
Total valid votes4,068 100.00
Total rejected ballots323
Unreturned ballots588
Turnout4,97982.98Increase2.svg 0.77
Registered electors6,000
Majority1,704
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1969
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
Alliance Abdullah Hassan1,62347.48Decrease2.svg 11.18
PMIP Amin Ishak1,57245.99Increase2.svg 4.65
Parti Rakyat Malaysia Wan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din2236.52Increase2.svg 6.52
Total valid votes3,418 100.00
Total rejected ballots220
Unreturned ballots
Turnout3,63882.21Decrease2.svg 1.07
Registered electors4,425
Majority51
Alliance hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1964
PartyCandidateVotes% ∆%
Alliance Abdullah Hassan1,73858.66Decrease2.svg 3.13
PMIP Ismail Mohamad1,22541.34Increase2.svg 41.34
Total valid votes2,963 100.00
Total rejected ballots229
Unreturned ballots
Turnout3,19283.28Increase2.svg 3.35
Registered electors3,833
Majority513
Alliance hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1959
PartyCandidateVotes%
Alliance Mahayuddin Habib1,50961.79
Independent Shaik Ali Bajunid71129.12
Socialist Front Wan Khazim @ Wan Hussin Wan Din2229.09
Total valid votes2,442 100.00
Total rejected ballots130
Unreturned ballots
Turnout2,57279.93
Registered electors3,218
Majority879
This was a new constituency created.

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