Rantau (state constituency)
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
BN | ||
| Constituency created | 1959 | ||
| First contested | 1959 | ||
| Last contested | 2023 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2023)[1] | 32,890 | ||
Rantau is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.[2]
The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.
Demographics
[edit]History
[edit]Polling Districts
[edit]According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Rantau constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.[4]
| State Constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rantau (N27) | Kampong Sendayan | 131/27/01 | SMK (FELDA) Seri Sendayan |
| Sendayan | 131/27/02 | SJK (T) Bandar Sri Sendayan | |
| Taman Kelab Tuanku | 131/27/03 | Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Kelab Tuanku Mambau | |
| Kampong Mambau | 131/27/04 | SK Mambau | |
| Kampong Bemban | 131/27/05 | SJK (T) Ladang Shanghai Seremban | |
| Kuala Sawah | 131/27/06 | SK Nyatoh | |
| Kampong Sri Lalang | 131/27/07 | SK Datuk Akhir Zaman | |
| Kampong Sega | 131/27/08 | SK Sega | |
| Pekan Sagga | 131/27/09 | SJK (T) Ldg Sagga | |
| Rantau | 131/27/10 | SJK (C) Chung Hua Rantau | |
| Linsum | 131/27/11 | SK Dato' Raja Melana | |
| Kampong Siliau | 131/27/12 | SK Seliau | |
| Angsa Emas | 131/27/13 | Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Angsamas | |
| Bandar Ekar | 132/27/14 | SJK (T) Rantau |
Representation History
[edit]| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Rantau | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1959-1964 | Gurnam Singh Gill | Socialist Front (Lab) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Ayakannu Vallisamy | Alliance (MIC) |
| 1969-1971 | Assembly was dissolved | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1974 | S. V. Veloo | Alliance (MIC) |
| 4th | 1974-1978 | Sheikh Mohamed Hamid Mohamed Said | BN (UMNO) |
| 5th | 1978-1982 | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | Ismail Lebai Kamat | |
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Muthu Palaniappan | BN (MIC) |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | ||
| 9th | 1995-1999 | Hamdan Mohamad | BN (UMNO) |
| 10th | 1999-2004 | Ab. Ghani Hassan | |
| 11th | 2004-2008 | Mohamad Hasan | |
| 12th | 2008-2013 | ||
| 13th | 2013-2018 | ||
| 14th | 2018-2023 | ||
| 15th | 2023–present | ||
Election results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohamad Hasan | 16,957 | 71.75 |  8.53
| ||
| PN | Rozmal Malakan | 6,677 | 28.25 | 28.25
| ||
| Total valid votes | 23,634 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 161 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 39 | |||||
| Turnout | 23,834 | 72.47 |  6.84
| |||
| Registered electors | 32,890 | |||||
| Majority | 10,280 | 43.50 | 16.08
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohamad Hasan | 10,397 | 63.22 | 63.22
| |
| PH | Streram Sinnasamy | 5,887 | 35.80 | 35.80
| |
| Independent | Malar Rajaram | 83 | 0.50 | 0.50
| |
| Independent | Mohd Nor Yassin | 79 | 0.48 | 0.48
| |
| Total valid votes | 16,446 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 146 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 4 | ||||
| Turnout | 16,596 | 79.31 | |||
| Registered electors | 20,926 | ||||
| Majority | 4,510 | 27.42 | |||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On Nomination Day, Mohamad Hasan won uncontested.[5] | ||||||
| BN | Mohamad Hasan | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 20,472 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing |
| ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohamad Hasan | 10,126 | 64.75 | 1.42
| ||
| PKR | Aisah Lamsah | 5,513 | 35.25 | 1.42
| ||
| Total valid votes | 15,639 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 239 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 15,878 | 87.09 | 6.32
| |||
| Registered electors | 18,232 | |||||
| Majority | 4,613 | 29.50 | 2.84
| |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 193/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 234/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohamad Hasan | 7,739 | 66.17 | |||
| PKR | Aisah Lamsah | 3,956 | 33.83 | |||
| Total valid votes | 11,695 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 271 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 250 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,216 | 80.77 | ||||
| Registered electors | 15,124 | |||||
| Majority | 3,783 | 32.34 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "【晏斗補選】印裔票及游離票左右選情". 東方日報 (in Chinese (Malaysia)). 2019-04-08.
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)Negri Sembilan". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
- ^ "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ^ Federal Gazette [dead link]
- ^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negeri Sembilan". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- ^ "undi.info - Rantau (P131-N27) - Malaysiakini". undi.info - Rantau (P131-N27).
