Kota Raja (Perlis state constituency)
Kota Raja 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 Kota Raja | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Bandar Arau | |||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Pauh | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | 3,794 | 67.16 | ||
| S46 | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | 1,855 | 32.84 | ||
| Total valid votes | 5,649 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 204 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 5,853 | 75.79 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,723 | ||||
| Majority | 1,939 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh | 3,176 | 68.71 | |||
| Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party | Bahari Ali | 1,195 | 25.85 | |||
| Independent | Chong Teik Tee | 251 | 5.43 | |||
| Total valid votes | 4,622 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 201 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 4,823 | 71.05 | ||||
| Registered electors | 6,788 | |||||
| Majority | 1,981 | |||||
| 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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