Jementah (state constituency)

Jementah (N02)

Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ng Kor Sim PH
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	44,055
Electors (2022)	41,221
Area (km²)	347

Jementah is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Jementah's electorate as of 2022

  Chinese (50.43%)

  Malay (40.28%)

  Indian (8.15%)

  Other ethnicities (0.57%)

  Sarawak Bumiputera (0.3%)

  Sabah Bumiputera (0.26%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Jementah constituency has a total of 26 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Jementah（N02）	Gemas Baru	140/02/01	SJK (T) Lasang Fortrose
	Fortrose	140/02/02	SJK (T) Ladang Fortrose
	Sungai Senarut	140/02/03	SJK (T) Ldg Sg Senarut
	Bandar Batu Anam	140/02/04	SMK Dato' Ahmad Arshad
	Batu Anam	140/02/05	SMK Seri Kenangan
	Bandan	140/02/06	Balai Raya Kampong Lubok Bandan
	Welch	140/02/07	SK Ladang Welch
	Paya Jakas	140/02/08	SK Paya Jakas
	Bandar Jementah Barat	140/02/09	SA Jementah
	Bandar Jementah Timor	140/02/10	SMK Jementah
	Bandar Jementah Tengah	140/02/11	SJK (C) Jementah 1
	Bandar Jementah Selatan	140/02/12	Dewan Seberguna Jementah
	Jementah	140/02/13	SK Jementah
	Sungai Siput	140/02/14	Balai Raya Kampung Sg. Siput
	Kampong Bukit Tunggal	140/02/15	SK Bukit Tunggal
	Tebing Tinggi	140/02/16	SK Tebing Tinggi
	Gemereh	140/02/17	SK Gemereh
	Berata	140/02/18	Dewan Seberguna Kampung Berata
	Jalam Kolam Air	140/02/19	SA Bandar Segamat
	Sungai Kapeh	140/02/20	SK Bukit Hampar
	Pasar	140/02/21	SJK (C) Seg Hwa
	Bandar	140/02/22	SJK (C) Seg Hwa
	Jalan Gemereh	140/02/23	Dewan Sri Anggun Sek. Latihan Jururawat Hospital Lama
	Genuang	140/02/24	Dewan Seberguna Kampung Abdullah
	Genuang Selatan	140/02/25	Dewan Choon Chew Chee Kampung Abdullah
	Kampong Abdullah Utara	140/02/26	SJK (C) Li Chi

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Jementah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bandar Segamat
7th	1986–1990	Lim Si Cheng	BN (MCA)
8th	1990–1995	Wong Peng Sheng	DAP
9th	1995–1999	Gan Lian Keng @ Lee Ah Kau	BN (MCA)
10th	1999–2004
11th	2004–2008	Lee Hong Tee
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018	Tan Chen Choon	PR (DAP)
14th	2018–2022		PH (DAP)
15th	2022–present	Ng Kor Sim

Election results

Johor state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Ng Kor Sim	8,877	40.92	18.15
	BN	See Ann Giap	8,163	37.63	3.88
	PN	Maimunah Safwa Musa	4,654	21.45	21.45
Total valid votes			21,694	100.00
Total rejected ballots			348
Unreturned ballots			104
Turnout			22,146	53.73	29.87
Registered electors			41,221
Majority			714	3.29	22.03
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll After the Official Addition of Votes - State Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 166/2022]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 17 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2022.

Johor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Tan Chen Choon	16,336	59.07	59.07
	BN	Chiam Yok Meng	9,335	33.75	11.55
	PAS	Khairul Faizi Ahmad Kamil	1,986	7.18	7.18
Total valid votes			27,657	100.00
Total rejected ballots			557
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			28,296	83.60	0.80
Registered electors			33,866
Majority			7,001	25.32	15.92
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s)

Johor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Tan Chen Choon	12,781	54.70	54.70
	BN	Lee Hong Tee	10,585	45.30	45.30
Total valid votes			23,366	100.00
Total rejected ballots			428
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			23,794	84.40
Registered electors			28,230
Majority			2,196	9.40
	DAP hold		Swing