Pedu (Kedah state constituency)

Pedu

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Radzi Md Amin PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	28,606

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

Demographics

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

   Malay (85.95%)

  Other ethnicities (12.87%)

   Chinese (1.09%)

   Indian (0.09%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pedu constituency has a total of 14 polling districts. ^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Pedu (N08)	Kuala Tekai	007/08/01	SMK Pedu
	Kampung Musa	007/08/02	Pusat Kokurikulum Daerah Padang Terap
	Pedu	007/08/03	SK Pedu
	Tong Pelu	007/08/04	SK Datin Fatimah
	Kampung Mesjid	007/08/05	SMK Naka
	Belukar Luas	007/08/06	SK Kampong Belukar
	Kubang Bemban	007/08/07	SK Tandop Besar
	Tandop Besar	007/08/08	SK Tandop Besar
	Naka	007/08/09	SK Naka
	Lamdin	007/08/10	SK Lamdin
	Nami	007/08/11	SK Nami
	FELDA Lubok Merbau A	007/08/12	SK Lubok Merbau
	FELDA Lubok Merbau	007/08/13	SMK Lubok Merbau
	Kampung Mahawangsa Padang Terap	008/08/14	SMK Lubok Merbau

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Pedu
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Pokok Sena and Kuala Nerang
9th	1995–1999	Ghazali Ibrahim	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999–2004	Wan Jaafar Wan Ahmad	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Mahdzir Khalid	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Kama Noriah Ibrahim
14th	2018–2020	Mohd Radzi Md Amin	PAS
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohd Radzi Md Amin	14,397	64.21	64.21
	BN	Mahdzir Khalid	8,024	35.79	3.80
Total valid votes			22,421	100.00
Total rejected ballots			160
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			22,595	78.99	7.51
Registered electors			28,606
Majority			6,373	28.42	24.88
	PN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2018 : Pedu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Radzi Md Amin	8,164	43.13	43.13
	BN	Kama Noriah Ibrahim	7,494	39.59	18.59
	PH	Hashim Idris	3,272	17.28	24.54
Total valid votes			18,930	100.00
Total rejected ballots			485
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,495	86.50	4.60
Registered electors			22,550
Majority			670	3.54	12.82
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013 : Pedu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kama Noriah Ibrahim	10,522	58.18	1.04
	PKR	Zamri Yusof	7,562	41.82	41.82
Total valid votes			18,084	100.00
Total rejected ballots			376
Unreturned ballots			51
Turnout			18,511	91.10	3.57
Registered electors			20,390
Majority			2,960	16.36	2.08
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008 : Pedu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mahdzir Khalid	8,780	59.22	2.15
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zamri Yusof	6,047	40.78	2.15
Total valid votes			14,827	100.00
Total rejected ballots			364
Unreturned ballots			9
Turnout			15,200	87.53	0.24
Registered electors			17,366
Majority			2,733	18.44	4.34
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2004 : Pedu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mahdzir Khalid	7,684	57.05	9.03
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Wan Jaafar Wan Ahmad	5,785	42.95	9.03
Total valid votes			13,469	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,657	87.29	3.97
Registered electors			15,646
Majority			1,899	14.10	10.13
	BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1999 : Pedu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Wan Jaafar Wan Ahmad	5,841	51.99	6.17
	BN	Ghazali Ibrahim	5,395	48.02	6.17
Total valid votes			11,236	100.00
Total rejected ballots			311
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			11,555	83.32	3.58
Registered electors			13,868
Majority			446	3.97	5.39
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1995 : Pedu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ghazali Ibrahim	5,575	55.18
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Haji Othman Haji Mohd Marzuki	4,528	45.82
Total valid votes			10,103	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			10,337	79.74
Registered electors			12,964
Majority			1,047	9.36
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.

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 ]}