Sungai Limau (state constituency)

Sungai Limau

Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Azam Abd Samat PN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	34,283

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

Demographics

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

1. Malay (94.1%)
2. Chinese (5.61%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.26%)
4. Indian (0.07%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Sungai Limau constituency has a total of 19 polling districts. ^[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Sungai Limau (N20）	Matang Buloh	012/20/01	SK Permatang Buloh
	Sungai Dedap	012/20/02	SK Sungai Dedap
	Gelam Tiga	012/20/03	SMA Nahdzah
	Bukit Choras	012/20/04	SMA Nahdzah
	Bukit Besar	012/20/05	SK Bukit Besar
	Simpang Tiga Luar	012/20/06	SK Simpang Tiga Sungai Daun
	Simpang Tiga	012/20/07	SJK (C) Aik Min
	Selengkoh	012/20/08	SK Haji Kassim Jasin
	Sungai Daun	012/20/09	SK Sungai Daun Tengah
	Sungai Limau	012/20/10	SK Sungai Limau
	Kabu Sepuloh	012/20/11	SMK Sungai Limau
	Sungai Kering	012/20/12	SK Sungai Kering
	Sedaka	012/20/13	SK Ulu Sedaka
	Ulu Sedaka	012/20/14	SK Ulu Sedaka
	Padang Lumat	012/20/15	SMK Batu 17
	Batu Enam Belas	012/20/16	SK Padang Lumat
	Kampung Titi Batu	012/20/17	SJK (C) Pei Hwa
	Dulang Kechil	012/20/18	SK Dulang
	Dulang Besar	012/20/19	SMK Dulang

Representation history

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Sungai Limau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sala and Guar Chempedak
11th	2004–2008	Azizan Abdul Razak	BA (PAS)
12th	2008–2013		PR (PAS)
13th	2013
	2013–2015	Mohd Azam Abd Samat
	2015–2016		PAS
	2016–2018		GS (PAS)
14th	2018–2020
	2020–2023		PN (PAS)
15th	2023–present

Election results

Kedah state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohd Azam Abd Samat	23,000	84.88	84.88
	PH	Siti Balqis Husain	4,096	15.21	3.04
Total valid votes			27,096	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			27,244	79.47	7.13
Registered electors			34,283
Majority			18,904	69.67	45.40
	PN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Azam Abd Samat	13,048	53.01	0.66
	BN	Norma Awang	7,075	28.74	18.91
	PH	Zahran Abdullah	4,493	18.25	18.25
Total valid votes			31,813	100.00
Total rejected ballots			279
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,616	86.60	1.36
Registered electors			28,800
Majority			5,973	24.27	19.57
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state by-election, 4 November 2013
Upon the death of incumbent, Azizan Abdul Razak.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Azam Abd Samat	12,069	52.35	3.05
	BN	Sohaimi Lazim	10,985	47.65	3.81
Total valid votes			23,054	100.00
Total rejected ballots			145
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			23,205	85.24	4.16
Registered electors			27,222
Majority			1,084	4.70	6.86
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Azizan Abdul Razak	13,294	55.40	2.30
	BN	Mohd Fadzillah Mohd Ali	10,520	43.84	1.54
	Independent	Sobri Ahmad	100	0.42	0.42
	Independent	Abdullah Hashim	84	0.35	0.35
Total valid votes			23,998	100.00
Total rejected ballots			351
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			24,406	89.40	5.35
Registered electors			27,287
Majority			2,774	11.56	3.84
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Azizan Abdul Razak	12,028	57.70	5.09
	BN	Basorri Abu Hassan	8,816	42.30	5.09
Total valid votes			20,884	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			21,171	84.05	0.37
Registered electors			25,189
Majority			3,212	15.40	10.18
	PAS hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Azizan Abdul Razak	10,882	52.61
	BN	Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah	9,802	47.39
Total valid votes			20,684	100.00
Total rejected ballots			268
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			20,952	84.42
Registered electors			24,820
Majority			1,080	5.22
This was a new constituency created.

References

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 ]}

Sources

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia . Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.