Sabai (state constituency)

Sabai is a state constituency in Bentong, Pahang, Malaysia. Sabai is currently represented in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly.

Sabai
Pahang constituency
State constituency
LegislaturePahang State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Arumugam Verappa Pillai
BN
Constituency created1959
Constituency abolished1974
Constituency re-created1994
First contested1959
Last contested2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)[1]15,643

The state constituency is mandated to return a single member to the Pahang State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

The current voter composition of Sabai is 40.31% Malay, 33.94% Chinese, 20.22% Indian and 5.52% Others.[2]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Sabai's electorate as of 2022[3]

  Malay (40.31%)
  Chinese (33.94%)
  Indian (20.22%)
  Other ethnicities (5.52%)


Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Sabai constituency is divided into 8 polling districts.[4]

State constituency Polling district Code Location
Sabai (N35) FELDA Sertik 089/35/01 SK LKTP Kampung Sertik
Jambu Rias 089/35/02 SK Jambu Rias
Sri Telemong 089/35/03 SJK (T) Sri Telemong
Pekan Karak 089/35/04 SMK Karak
Karak Setia 089/35/05 SMK Karak Setia
Bukit Dinding 089/35/06 SJK (T) Karak
Taman Karak 089/35/07 SJK (C) Karak
Kampung Baru Karak 089/35/08 SK Karak

History
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sabai
Assembly Years Name Party
Constituency created
1st 1959-1964 Abu Bakar Ahmad Alliance (UMNO)
2nd 1964-1969
1969-1971Assembly dissolved
3rd 1971-1974 Abu Bakar Ahmad Alliance (UMNO)
Constituency abolished, renamed to Karak
Constituency recreated from Karak
9th 1995-1999 R. Sinnathamby BN (MIC)
10th 1999-2004 Davendran Murthy
11th 2004-2008
12th 2008-2013
13th 2013-2018 Kamache Doray Rajoo DAP
14th 2018-2022 PH (DAP)
15th 2022- Arumugam Verappa Pillai BN (MIC)

Election results
Pahang state election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNArumugam Verappa Pillai4,44437.52
PHKamache Doray Rajoo4,34836.71
PNNurul Qomar Abdol Talin @ Ramali3,05325.77
Total valid votes 11,845 100.00
Total rejected ballots 136
Unreturned ballots 24
Turnout 12,005
Registered electors 15,643
Majority 96
BN gain from PH Swing ?
Pahang state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
PHKamache Doray Rajoo4,37436.5
BNGoonasakaren Raman3,87932.4
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyMohd Khairuddin Abdullah1,30810.9
IndependentKarunaneethi Thangavel1451.2
Total valid votes 9,775100.00
Total rejected ballots 166
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 9,89182.6
Registered electors 11,971
Majority 495
PH hold Swing
Pahang state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
DAPKamache Doray Rajoo4,43950.67
BNGoonasakaren Raman4,32249.33
Total valid votes 8,761100.00
Total rejected ballots 240
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 9,89170.39
Registered electors 10,868
Majority 117
DAP gain from BN Swing ?
Pahang state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNDavendran Murthy3,30451.12
DAPKamache Doray Rajoo3,15948.88
Total valid votes 6,463100.00
Total rejected ballots 236
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 6,71670.80
Registered electors 9,486
Majority 145
BN hold Swing

References
  1. "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. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Pahang". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview".
  4. Akta Portal

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.