Padang Pauh (state constituency)
Padang Pauh was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.
 Perlis constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Perlis State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 1984 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1986 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
The state constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Padang Pauh | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Paya | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Bahari Taib | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Mata Ayer | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Bahari Taib | 4,705 | 71.41 | ||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Yahya Ahmad | 1,742 | 26.44 | ||
| Independent | Wan Ismail Wan Ahmad | 142 | 2.16 | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,589 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 258 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 6,847 | 76.51 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,949 | ||||
| Majority | 2,963 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Bahari Taib | 2,918 | 65.18 | |||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Ahmad Salleh | 1,559 | 34.82 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,477 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 155 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 4,632 | 74.30 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,234 | |||||
| Majority | 1,359 | |||||
| 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.
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