Gemas (state constituency)
Gemas is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.[1]
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
PN | ||
| Constituency created | 1959 | ||
| First contested | 1959 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2023) | 29,648 | ||
The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.
Demographics
History
Polling Districts
According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Gemas constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.[3]
| State constituency | Polling districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemas（N34） | FELDA Jelai 1 & 3 | 133/34/01 | SK Jelai 1 |
| Pasir Besar | 133/35/02 | Balai Raya Kampung Pasir Besar Gemas | |
| FELDA Pasir Besar | 133/34/03 | SK (FELDA) Pasir Besar | |
| Kampong Ladang | 133/35/04 | SK Kampong Lalang | |
| Pekan Gemas | 133/34/05 | SK Gemas | |
| Taman Sentosa | 133/34/06 | SMK Gemas | |
| FELDA Jelai 2 &4 | 133/34/07 | SK Jelai 2 (FELDA) |
Representation History
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gemas | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1959-1962 | Fong Yew Wang | Alliance (MCA) |
| 1962 | Socialist Front (Lab) | ||
| 1962-1964 | Goh Boon Tah | Alliance (MCA) | |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Lim Heng Seng | |
| 1969-1971 | Assembly dissolved | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1974 | Lim Heng Seng | Alliance (MCA) |
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Hashim | BN (UMNO) |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | ||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Mohd Yassin Bakar | |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | ||
| 9th | 1995-1999 | ||
| 10th | 1999-2004 | ||
| 11th | 2004-2008 | Jamluz Aziz | |
| 12th | 2008-2013 | Zainab Nasir | |
| 13th | 2013-2018 | Abdul Razak Said | |
| 14th | 2018-2023 | ||
| 15th | 2023-present | Ridzuan Ahmad | PN (BERSATU) |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PN | Ridzuan Ahmad | 11,653 | 57.73 |  57.73 | ||
| BN | Abdul Razak Said | 8,533 | 42.27 |  13.89 | ||
| Total valid votes | 20,186 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 251 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 16 | |||||
| Turnout | 20,453 | 68.99 | ||||
| Registered electors | 29,648 | |||||
| Majority | 3,120 | |||||
| PN gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Razak Said | 9,853 | 56.16 | 22.30 | ||
| PH | Baharuddin Arif Siri | 5,081 | 28.96 | 28.96 | ||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Abdul Halim Abu Bakar | 2,612 | 14.89 | 14.89 | ||
| Total valid votes | 17,546 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 283 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 91 | |||||
| Turnout | 17,920 | 80.29 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,318 | |||||
| Majority | 4,772 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Razak Said | 15,040 | 78.46 | 0.70 | ||
| PKR | Karip Mohd Salleh | 4,129 | 21.54 | 21.54 | ||
| Total valid votes | 19,169 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 351 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 53 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,573 | 85.96 | ||||
| Registered electors | 22,771 | |||||
| Majority | 10,911 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Zainab Nasir | 10,811 | 79.16 | |||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mohd Ali Maarof | 2,846 | 20.84 | |||
| Total valid votes | 13,657 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 345 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 224 | |||||
| Turnout | 14,226 | 85.96 | ||||
| Registered electors | 17,966 | |||||
| Majority | 7,965 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
- "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".
- "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- "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.
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