Kayang (state constituency)

Kayang

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ahmad Bakri Ali BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Kayang is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly since 1959.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Titi Tok Bandar, Bangsal Lebah, Temak, Seriab, Gunong Utan Aji, Hujung Batu.

2016–present:^[1] The constituency contains the polling districts of Titi Tok Bandar, Bangsal Lebah, Temak, Seriab, Gunong Utan Aji, Hujung Batu.

Representation history

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

Election results

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Bakri Ali	4,259	54.23	- 7.70
	PAS	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
Registered electors			9,176
Majority			664
	BN hold		Swing
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. "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.

Perlis state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Bakri Ali	3,913	61.93	+ 1.02
	PAS	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
Registered electors			7,797
Majority			1,508
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azam Rashid	3,705	60.91	+ 7.80
	PAS	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
Registered electors			7,349
Majority			1,327
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin	2,825	53.11	- 15.50
	PAS	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
Registered electors			6,580
Majority			331
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Hadzi Nordin	3,311	68.61	+ 3.42
	PAS	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
Registered electors			6,518
Majority			1,796
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1990
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
Registered electors			6,504
Majority			1,422
	BN hold		Swing

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

Perlis state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Talib Ali
	PAS	Mohamad Hussain Abdullah
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			6,096
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hazim Abu Bakar
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,416
Majority			902
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

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

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

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

Perlis state election, 1959
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. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

1. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.