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State constituency | |||
Legislature | Malacca State Legislative Assembly | ||
MLA |
BN | ||
Constituency created | 1994 | ||
First contested | 1995 | ||
Last contested | 2021 | ||
Demographics | |||
Electors (2021) [1] | 26,455 | ||
Area (km²) [2] | 47 |
Paya Rumput is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.
The state constituency was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.
The Paya Rumput constituency contains the polling districts of Hujong Padang, Kerubong, Pantai Cheng, Cheng Perdana, Cheng and Tanjung Minyak. [3]
According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Paya Rumput constituency has a total of 6 polling districts. [5]
State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
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Paya Rumput (N13) | Hujong Padang | 136/13/01 |
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Krubong | 136/13/02 |
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Pantai Cheng | 136/13/03 | SK Cheng | |
Cheng Perdana | 136/13/04 | SK Tanjung Minyak | |
Cheng | 136/13/05 | SMK Tun Haji Abdul Malek | |
Tanjung Minyak | 136/13/06 |
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Members of the Legislative Assembly for Paya Rumput | |||
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Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Krubong | |||
9th | 1995 – 1999 | Yasin Mohd Sarif | BN (UMNO) |
10th | 1999 – 2004 | Mohd Ali Rustam | |
11th | 2004 – 2008 | Tahir Hassan | |
12th | 2008 – 2013 | ||
13th | 2013 – 2018 | Sazali Muhd Din | |
14th | 2018 – 2020 | Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen | PH (BERSATU) |
2020 – 2021 | PN (BERSATU) | ||
15th | 2021 – present | Rais Yasin | BN (UMNO) |
The electoral results for the Paya Rumput state constituency in 2004, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2021 are as follows.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Rais Yasin | 6,830 | 39.68 | ![]() | ||
PH | Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin | 6,201 | 36.03 | ![]() | ||
PN | Muhammad Fariz Izwan Mazlan | 3,972 | 23.08 | ![]() | ||
Independent | Mohd Jaini Dimon | 127 | 0.73 | ![]() | ||
PUTRA | Muhammad Hashidi Mohd Zin | 81 | 0.47 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 17,211 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 234 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 58 | |||||
Turnout | 17,503 | 66.16 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 26,455 | |||||
Majority | 629 | 3.65 | ![]() | |||
BN gain from PH | Swing | ? | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Pakatan Harapan (2018) | Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen | 12,102 | 56.30 | ![]() | ||
BN | Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah | 7,843 | 36.48 | ![]() | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Rafie Ahmad | 1,552 | 7.22 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 21,497 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 272 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 13 | |||||
Turnout | 21,782 | 87.00 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 25,038 | |||||
Majority | 4,259 | 19.82 | ![]() | |||
Pakatan Harapan (2018) gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Sazali Muhd Din | 11,003 | 53.06 | ![]() | ||
PKR | Taha Ahmad | 9,733 | 46.94 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 20,736 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 257 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 20,993 | 89.59 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 23,432 | |||||
Majority | 1,270 | 6.12 | ![]() | |||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2016. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2016. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Tahir Hassan | 7,581 | 57.14 | ![]() | ||
PKR | Taha Ahmad | 5,687 | 42.86 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 13,268 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 243 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 67 | |||||
Turnout | 13,578 | 81.85 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 16,589 | |||||
Majority | 1,894 | 14.28 | ![]() | |||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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BN | Tahir Hassan | 8,539 | 80.53 | |||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mohd Shafee Said | 2,065 | 19.47 | |||
Total valid votes | 10,604 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 192 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
Turnout | 10,796 | 80.96 | ||||
Registered electors | 13,335 | |||||
Majority | 6,474 | 61.06 | ||||
BN hold | Swing | |||||
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