Kayang (Perlis state constituency)

Kayang

Perlis constituency

State constituency

Legislature

Perlis State Legislative Assembly

MLA

Asrul Aimran Abd Jalil
PN

Constituency created

1958

First contested

1959

Last contested

2022

Demographics

Electors (2022)^[1]

13,441

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

The state constituency was created in 1958. It was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2022^[update], the State Assemblyman for Kayang is Asrul Aimran Abdul Jalil from Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kayang constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kayang (N10)	Titi Tok Bandar	002/10/01	SK Panggau
	Bangsai Lebah	002/10/02	SK Kayang
	Temak	002/10/03	SK Dato Wan Ahmad
	Seriab	002/10/04	SMK Dato' Ali Ahmad
	Gunong Utan Aji	002/10/05	SMK Syed Alwi
	Hujung Batu	002/10/06	SK Ujong Batu

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kayang's electorate as of 2022^[3]

Malay (95.81%)

Chinese (2.05%)

Other ethnicities (1.78%)

Indian (0.36%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Titi Tok Bandar	1,023
Bangsal Lebah	1,935
Temak	1,709
Seriab	1,395
Gunong Utan Aji	1,885
Hujung Batu	1,003
Total	8,950
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kayang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Keria Wan Nik	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1969	Yusoff Abu Bakar	Alliance (UMNO)
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1973	Yusoff Abu Bakar	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973–1974	Yusoff Abu Bakar	BN (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Hazim Abu Bakar
5th	1978–1982	Hazim Abu Bakar
6th	1982–1986	Talib Ali
7th	1986–1990	Talib Ali
8th	1990–1995	Ramlah @ Che Ah Long
9th	1995–1999	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin
10th	1999–2004	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin
11th	2004–2008	Azam Rashid
12th	2008–2013	Ahmad Bakri Ali
13th	2013–2018	Ahmad Bakri Ali
14th	2018–2022	Hamizan Hassan
15th	2022–present	Asrul Aimran Abd Jalil	PN (PAS)

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Asrul Aimran	6,178	58.31	58.31
	BN	Hamizan Hassan	2,917	27.53	11.92
	PH	Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim	1,400	13.21	23.02
	Sabah Heritage Party	Khairuddin Abdullah	101	0.95	0.95
Total valid votes			10,596	100.00
Total rejected ballots			126
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			10,744	79.9	3.20
Registered electors			13,441
Majority			3,261
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2018: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamizan Hassan	3,275	41.09	13.14
	Pakatan Harapan (2018)	Abdul Hannaan Khairy	2,840	35.63	35.63
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Md Radzi Hassan	1,855	23.28	22.49
Total valid votes			7,970	100.00
Total rejected ballots			163
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			8,166	83.10	4.09
Registered electors			9,827
Majority			435
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) ^[3]

Perlis state election, 2013: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Bakri Ali	4,259	54.23	7.70
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ya'akub Abu Seman	3,595	45.77	7.70
Total valid votes			7,854	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			8,001	87.19	4.56
Registered electors			9,176
Majority			664
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.^{[permanent dead link]} "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.^{[permanent dead link]}

Perlis state election, 2008: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Bakri Ali	3,913	61.93	1.02
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ya'akub Abu Seman	2,405	38.07	1.02
Total valid votes			6,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			6,443	82.63	2.50
Registered electors			7,797
Majority			1,508
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 2004: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azam Rashid	3,705	60.91	7.80
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ku Mahmood Ku Ismail	2,378	39.09	7.80
Total valid votes			6,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			118
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			6,256	85.13	2.09
Registered electors			7,349
Majority			1,327
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1999: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin	2,825	53.11	15.50
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Marzukhi Othman	2,494	46.89	15.50
Total valid votes			5,319	100.00
Total rejected ballots			139
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			5,464	83.04	7.57
Registered electors			6,580
Majority			331
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1995: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin	3,311	68.61	3.42
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Kamaruddin Mohd Akib	1,515	31.39	31.39
Total valid votes			4,826	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,919	75.47	0.09
Registered electors			6,518
Majority			1,796
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1990: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ramlah @ Che Ah Long	3,051	65.19	0.93
	S46	Md. Zain Hamzah	1,629	34.81	34.81
Total valid votes			4,680	100.00
Total rejected ballots			223
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,903	75.38	2.01
Registered electors			6,504
Majority			1,422
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1986: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Ali	2,834	66.12	6.04
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Othman Ghazali	1,452	33.88	6.04
Total valid votes			4,286	100.00
Total rejected ballots			195
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,481	73.37	2.37
Registered electors			6,107
Majority			1,382
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1982: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Ali	2,718	60.08	3.30
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamad Hussain Abdullah	1,806	39.92	6.18
Total valid votes			4,524	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,617	75.74
Registered electors			6,096
Majority			912
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1978: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hazim Abu Bakar	2,223	56.78	7.34
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ahmad Amin Idni	1,321	33.74	33.74
	Independent	Hasan Man	371	9.48	9.48
Total valid votes			3,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,416
Majority			902
	Kayang hold		Swing		BN

Perlis state election, 1974: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hazim Abu Bakar	2,012	64.12	64.12
	Independent	Ahmad Amin Idni	1,126	35.88	35.88
Total valid votes			3,138	100.00
Total rejected ballots			307
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,445	75.32	1.39
Registered electors			4,574
Majority			886
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1969: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,805	53.78	6.59
	PMIP	Yahaya Baginda	1,551	46.22	6.59
Total valid votes			3,356	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,548	76.71	3.57
Registered electors			4,625
Majority			254
	Kayang hold		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1964: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,706	60.37	1.68
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Awang	1,120	39.63	4.98
Total valid votes			2,826	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,984	80.28	2.01
Registered electors			3,717
Majority			586
	Kayang hold		Swing		Alliance

Perlis state election, 1959: Kayang
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Keria Wan Nik	1,506	58.69
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Awang	889	34.65
	Socialist Front	Zakaria Ishak	171	6.66
Total valid votes			2,566	100.00
Total rejected ballots			46
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,612	82.29
Registered electors			3,174
Majority			617
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 2016-05-10.

^ "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
^ "Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Perlis". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
^ "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018.

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