Palong (state constituency)

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Palong
Flag of Negeri Sembilan.svg Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Mustapha Nagoor
BN
Constituency created1984
First contested1986
Last contested 2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)23,494

Palong is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. [1]

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The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Palong's electorate as of 2023 [2]
  1. Malay (92.1%)
  2. Indian (5.84%)
  3. Chinese (1.63%)
  4. Other ethnicities (0.43%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 17 July 2023, the Palong constituency has a total of 9 polling districts. [3]

State ConstituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Palong (N06)Palong 14, 15 & 16127/06/01SK Palong 14
Palong 8127/06/02SK Palong 8 (FELDA)
Palong 12 & 13127/06/03SK (FELDA) Palong 12
Palong 7127/06/04SK (FELDA) Palong 7
Palong 9, 10 & 11126/02/05
  • SMK Palong 11
  • SK (FELDA) Palong 9
Palong 6127/06/06SMK Seri Perpatih
Palong 5127/06/07SK (FELDA) Palong 5
Palong 4127/06/08SK (FELDA) Palong 4
Palong 3127/06/09SK (FELDA) Palong 3

Representation History

Members of Assembly for Palong
AssemblyYearsNameParty
Constituency created from Jempol
7th1986-1990Baharudin HassanBN (UMNO)
8th1990-1995
9th1995-1999Kamaruddin Mohd Din
10th1999-2004
11th2004-2008Aziz Shamsudin
12th2008-2013
13th2013-2018 Lilah Yasin
14th2018-2023 Mustapha Nagoor
15th2023–present

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mustapha Nagoor 7,94051.84Decrease2.svg 14.66
PN Noor Azman Parmin7,37648.16Increase2.svg 48.16
Total valid votes15,316100.00
Total rejected ballots121
Unreturned ballots21
Turnout15,45865.80Decrease2.svg 15.69
Registered electors23,494
Majority5643.68Decrease2.svg 39.47
BN hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Mustapha Nagoor 9,57566.15Decrease2.svg 14.66
PH Nor Arzemi Nordin3,32923.00Increase2.svg 23.00
PAS Masdi Musa1,57110.85Increase2.svg 10.85
Total valid votes14,475100.00
Total rejected ballots246
Unreturned ballots86
Turnout14,80781.49Decrease2.svg 5.70
Registered electors18,170
Majority6,24643.15Decrease2.svg 18.47
BN hold Swing
Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013
PartyCandidateVotes % ∆%
BN Lilah Yasin 11,09080.81
PKR Rebin Birham2,63419.19
Total valid votes13,724100.00
Total rejected ballots209
Unreturned ballots55
Turnout13,98887.19
Registered electors16,044
Majority8,45661.62
BN hold Swing

References


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