Jerai (federal constituency)
Jerai is a federal constituency in Yan District and Kuala Muda District , Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since from 1959 to 1995, from 2004 to present.
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Federal constituency | |
Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
MP | |
Constituency created | 1958 |
Constituency abolished | 1995 |
Constituency re-created | 2003 |
First contested | 1959 |
Last contested | 2022 |
Demographics | |
Population (2020)[1] | 126,200 |
Electors (2023)[2] | 105,309 |
Area (km²)[3] | 458 |
Pop. density (per km²) | 275.5 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
Demographics
History
It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 2003.
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 18 July 2023, the Jerai constituency is divided into 53 polling districts.[4]
State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
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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 | |
Guar Chempedak (N21) | Pondok Haji Majid | 012/21/01 | SK Haji Hussin Dol |
Taman Sri Wangsa | 012/21/02 | SMK Guar Chempedak | |
Pondok Haji Hussein | 012/21/03 | SK Guar Chempedak | |
Titi Teras | 012/21/04 | SJK (C) Pei Eng | |
Teroi | 012/21/05 | SK Teroi | |
Titi Serong | 012/21/06 | SJK (C) Chung Hwa | |
Kuala Yan Kechil | 012/21/07 | SMA Fauzi | |
Pekan Sungai Yan | 012/21/08 | SK Yan Kechil | |
Sungai Udang | 012/21/09 | SK Kampung Pauh | |
Singkir Darat | 012/21/10 | SK Singkir | |
Kampung Acheh | 012/21/11 | Maktab Mahmud Yan | |
Lubok Buoy | 012/21/12 | SK Haji Nyak Gam | |
Pekan Yan | 012/21/13 | SK Langkasuka | |
Sungai Raga | 012/21/14 | SJK (C) York Khoon | |
Ruat | 012/21/15 | SK Tok Mat Salleh | |
Singkir Laut | 012/21/16 | SK Singkir | |
Gurun(N22) | Pekan Jeniang | 012/22/01 | SMK Tunku Sulong |
Kampung Jeniang | 012/22/02 | SK Jeniang (Pusat) | |
Batu Sepuloh | 012/22/03 | SJK (C) Jeniang | |
Batu 9 | 012/22/04 | SK Jeniang (Pusat) | |
Padang Lembu | 012/22/05 | SJK (C) Mah Wah Padang Lembu | |
Sungai Rotan | 012/22/06 | SJK (C) Yang Kao | |
Gurun | 012/22/07 | SK Gurun (Pusat) | |
Pulau Chengai | 012/22/08 | SK Gurun (Pusat) | |
Bongkok Gurun | 012/22/09 | SK Batu Empat | |
Pekan Gurun | 012/22/10 | SJK (C) Choong Hwa | |
Pekan Baru Gurun | 012/22/11 | SK Sri Jerai | |
Kampung Gurun | 012/22/12 | SMA Pekan Gurun | |
Taman Seri Jerai | 012/22/13 | SMK Gurun | |
Ladang Jerai | 012/22/14 | SJK (T) Ladang Harvard Bahagian I | |
Sungai Puntar | 012/22/15 | SJK (T) Ladang Sungai Puntar | |
Sungai Tok Pawang | 012/22/16 | SK Sungai Tok Pawang | |
Kampung Mesjid | 012/22/17 |
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Pekan Bahru Bedong | 012/22/18 | SMK Bedong |
Representation history
Members of Parliament for Jerai | |||
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Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
Constituency created from Kedah Tengah | |||
Parliament of the Federation of Malaya | |||
1st | 1959–1963 | Mohamed Ismail Mohd Yusof (محمد اسماعيل محمد يوسف) | Alliance (UMNO) |
Parliament of Malaysia | |||
1st | 1963–1964 | Mohamed Ismail Mohd Yusof (محمد اسماعيل محمد يوسف) | Alliance (UMNO) |
2nd | 1964–1969 | Hanafiah Hussain (حنفيه هوسساءين) | |
1969–1971 | Parliament was suspended[5][6] | ||
3rd | 1971–1973 | Hanafiah Hussain (حنفيه هوسساءين) | Alliance (UMNO) |
1973–1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
4th | 1974–1978 | Sanusi Junid (سنسي جنيد) | |
5th | 1978–1982 | Ismail Arshad (اسماعيل ارشد) | |
6th | 1982–1986 | ||
7th | 1986–1990 | Ghazali Ahmad (غزالي احمد) | |
8th | 1990–1992 | ||
1992–1995 | Badruddin Amiruldin (بدرالدين أميرالدين) | ||
Constituency abolished, renamed to Yan | |||
Constituency re-created from Merbok and Yan | |||
11th | 2004–2008 | Badruddin Amiruldin (بدرالدين أميرالدين) | BN (UMNO) |
12th | 2008–2013 | Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (محمد فردوس جعفر) | PAS |
13th | 2013–2018 | Jamil Khir Baharom (جميل خير بن بهرام) | BN (UMNO) |
14th | 2018–2020 | Sabri Azit (صبري ازيت) | PAS |
2020–2022 | PN (PAS) | ||
15th | 2022–present |
State constituency
Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
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1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
Jerai | Guar Chempedak | ||||||
Gurun | |||||||
Sala | |||||||
Sungai Limau | |||||||
Yan | |||||||
Yan-Merbok |
Current state assembly members
No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
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N20 | Sungai Limau | Mohd Azam Abd Samat | PN (PAS) |
N21 | Guar Chempedak | Abdul Ghafar Saad | PN (BERSATU) |
N22 | Gurun | Baddrol Bakhtiar | PN (PAS) |
Local governments
No. | State Constituency | Local Government |
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N20 | Sungai Limau | Yan District Council |
N21 | Guar Chempedak | Yan District Council |
N22 | Gurun | Sungai Petani Municipal Council |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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PN | Sabri Azit | 49,461 | 60.10 | ![]() | ||
BN | Jamil Khir Baharom | 16,269 | 19.77 | ![]() | ||
PH | Zulhazmi Shariff | 15,590 | 18.94 | ![]() | ||
Homeland Fighters' Party | Mohd Nizam Mahsyar | 973 | 1.18 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 82,293 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 837 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 164 | |||||
Turnout | 83,294 | 78.37 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 105,001 | |||||
Majority | 33,192 | 40.33 | ![]() | |||
PN hold | Swing | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Sabri Azit | 22,312 | 33.94 | ![]() | ||
BN | Jamil Khir Baharom | 21,773 | 33.12 | ![]() | ||
PH | Akhramsyah Muammar Ubaidah Sanusi | 21,651 | 32.94 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 65,736 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 1,012 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 172 | |||||
Turnout | 66,920 | 83.68 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 79,976 | |||||
Majority | 539 | 0.82 | ![]() | |||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 233/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 307/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
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BN | Jamil Khir Baharom | 32,429 | 50.94 | ![]() | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mohd Firdaus Jaafar | 31,233 | 49.06 | ![]() | ||
Total valid votes | 63,662 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 952 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | 164 | |||||
Turnout | 64,778 | 87.06 | ![]() | |||
Registered electors | 74,410 | |||||
Majority | 1,196 | 1.88 | ![]() | |||
BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 170/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12. Archived 2019-12-29 at the Wayback Machine "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Kedah [P.U. (B) 211/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
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Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Mohd Firdaus Jaafar | 26,510 | 52.27 | ![]() | |
BN | Badruddin Amiruldin | 24,211 | 47.73 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 50,721 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,070 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | 122 | ||||
Turnout | 51,913 | 78.97 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 65,739 | ||||
Majority | 2,299 | 4.54 | ![]() | ||
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Badruddin Amiruldin | 30,154 | 60.43 | ![]() | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Che Din Arshad | 19,749 | 39.57 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 49,903 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 1,015 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 50,918 | 79.70 | |||
Registered electors | 63,887 | ||||
Majority | 10,405 | 20.86 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Badruddin Amiruldin | 14,538 | 57.35 | ![]() | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Nasir Othman | 10,812 | 42.65 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 25,350 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 37,171 | ||||
Majority | 3,726 | 14.70 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Ghazali Ahmad | 15,723 | 58.57 | ![]() | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ahmad Subki Abd. Latif @ Subky Abd. Latif | 11,121 | 41.43 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 26,844 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 620 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 27,464 | 73.89 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 37,168 | ||||
Majority | 4,602 | 17.14 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Ghazali Ahmad | 13,636 | 55.95 | ![]() | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Nakhaie Ahmad | 10,736 | 44.05 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 24,372 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 535 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 24,907 | 71.69 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 34,741 | ||||
Majority | 2,900 | 11.90 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Ismail Arshad | 17,001 | 61.34 | ![]() | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ahmad Yusof | 10,715 | 38.66 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 27,716 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 871 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 28,587 | 77.35 | |||
Registered electors | 36,957 | ||||
Majority | 6,286 | 22.68 | ![]() | ||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
BN | Ismail Arshad | 13,654 | 56.60 | ![]() | |
Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Hussein Abu Bakar | 10,469 | 43.40 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 24,123 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | |||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | 32,536 | ||||
Majority | 3,185 | 13.20 | |||
BN hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
On the nomination day, Sanusi Junid won uncontested. | ||||||
BN | Sanusi Junid | |||||
Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | ||||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | ||||||
Registered electors | 28,704 | |||||
Majority | ||||||
BN gain from Alliance | Swing | ? |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Hanafiah Hussain | 13,182 | 55.87 | ![]() | |
PMIP | Abdul Rashid Abdul Razak | 10,414 | 44.13 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 23,596 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 737 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 24,333 | 76.45 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 31,829 | ||||
Majority | 2,768 | 11.74 | ![]() | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alliance | Hanafiah Hussain | 14,002 | 66.40 | ![]() | |
PMIP | Othman Yunus | 7,085 | 33.60 | ![]() | |
Total valid votes | 21,087 | 100.00 | |||
Total rejected ballots | 701 | ||||
Unreturned ballots | |||||
Turnout | 21,788 | 77.07 | ![]() | ||
Registered electors | 28,271 | ||||
Majority | 6,917 | 32.80 | ![]() | ||
Alliance hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Alliance | Mohamed Ismail Mohd Yusof | 11,350 | 63.93 | |||
PMIP | Mahmood Abdullah | 6,403 | 36.07 | |||
Total valid votes | 17,753 | 100.00 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 126 | |||||
Unreturned ballots | ||||||
Turnout | 17,879 | 72.03 | ||||
Registered electors | 24,820 | |||||
Majority | 4,947 | 27.86 | ||||
This was a new constituency created. |
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