Oran (state constituency)

Oran

Perlis constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1974
Last contested	1990

Oran was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Its last election was in 1990. It disappeared in the 1995 election.

History

It was abolished in 1995 after it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Oran
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sena
4th	1974–1978	Abdullah Hassan	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982	Ali Ahmad
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990	Yazid Mat
8th	1990–1995
Constituency abolished, renamed to Sena

Election results

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yazid Mat	4,568	71.05
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ismail Mohamad	1,861	28.95
Total valid votes			6,429	100.00
Total rejected ballots			280
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,709	81.04
Registered electors			8,279
Majority			2,707
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Yazid Mat	3,700	73.63
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Bakar Ismail	1,325	26.37
Total valid votes			5,025	100.00
Total rejected ballots			235
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,260	79.19
Registered electors			6,642
Majority			2,375
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ali Ahmad	3,026	73.99
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abu Bakar Ismail	1,064	26.01
Total valid votes			4,090	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,206	80.79
Registered electors			5,206
Majority			1,962
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
On the nomination day, Ali Ahmad won uncontested.
	BN	Ali Ahmad
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdullah Hassan	1,418	58.26
	Independent	Osman Mat	962	39.52
	Independent	Hussin @ Bakar Tin	35	1.44
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Amin Ishak Hussein	19	0.78
Total valid votes			2,434	100.00
Total rejected ballots			154
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,588	75.78
Registered electors			3,415
Majority			456
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 2016-04-25.