Kuala Perlis (state constituency)

Kuala Perlis (N09)
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abu Bakar Hamzah; PN
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Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)	14,717

Kuala Perlis is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly. It has been represented by Abu Bakar Hamzah of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2022.

The state constituency was created in 1958. It was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kuala Perlis constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kuala Perlis (N09)	Seberang Alor	002/09/01	SK Seberang Ramai
	Hujong Tanjong	002/09/02	SJK (C) Khay Beng
	Kepala Batas	002/09/03	SK Kuala Perlis
	Seberang Tok Pi	002/09/04	SMK Kuala Perlis
	Padang Besar Selatan	002/09/05	SK Padang Besar Selatan

Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Perlis's electorate as of 2022^[3]

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Seberang Alor	963
Hujong Tanjong	1,685
Kepala Batas	3,183
Seberang Tok Pi	2,716
Padang Besar Selatan	1,519
Total	10,066
Source: Malaysian Election Commission^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Perlis
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	N11	1959–1964	Yusoff Abu Bakar	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	N11	1964–1969	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
		1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	N11	1971–1973	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	N11	1973–1974	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	BN (UMNO)
4th	N07	1974–1978	Mohamed Noor Yub
5th		1978–1982	Mohamed Noor Yub
6th		1982–1986	Ahmad Osman
7th	N08	1986–1990	Ahmad Osman
8th	N08	1990–1995	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh
9th	N09	1995–1999	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh
10th		1999–2004	Bakar Saad
11th		2004–2008	Bakar Saad
12th		2008–2013	Mat Hassan
13th		2013–2018	Mat Hassan
14th		2018–2022	Nor Azam Karap	PH (PKR)
15th		2022–present	Abu Bakar Hamzah	PN (BERSATU)

Perlis state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Abu Bakar Hamzah	3,207	30.06	30.06
	PH	Nor Azam Karap	3,053	28.61	28.61
	Independent	Azahar Ahmad	2,197	20.59	20.59
	BN	Kamarudin Malek	2,145	20.10	15.96
	Heritage	Muhamad Hairi Noordin	68	0.54	0.54
Total valid votes			8,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			8,496	79.74	3.80
Registered electors			10,654
Majority			154	1.81	14.82
	PN gain from PKR		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mat Hassan	4,758	57.17	12.60
	PKR	Noor Amin Ahmad	3,374	40.54	40.54
	Independent	Shaari Ludin	191	2.29	2.29
Total valid votes			8,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			8,480	83.55	4.82
Registered electors			10,150
Majority			1,384
	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.^{[permanent dead link]} "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.^{[permanent dead link]}

Perlis state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mat Hassan	4,448	69.77	3.13
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,927	30.23	30.23
Total valid votes			6,375	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,524	78.73	0.11
Registered electors			8,287
Majority			2,521	39.55	6.25
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bakar Saad	4,495	72.90	11.23
	PKR	Mohd Yusoff Ubi @ Madarsa	1,671	27.10	27.10
Total valid votes			6,166	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			6,326	78.84	0.41
Registered electors			8,024
Majority			2,824	45.80	22.45
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bakar Saad	3,487	61.67	9.55
	PAS	Nadzaharuddin Mohd. Noor	2,167	38.33	9.55
Total valid votes			5,654	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			5,824	78.43	4.99
Registered electors			7,426
Majority			1,320	23.35	19.10
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	3,690	71.22	17.81
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,491	28.78	28.78
Total valid votes			5,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,310	73.43	2.91
Registered electors			7,231
Majority			2,199	42.44	35.62
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	2,668	53.41	7.23
	S46	Zahri Abas	2,327	46.59	46.59
Total valid votes			4,995	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,156	76.34	1.47
Registered electors			6,754
Majority			341	6.83	14.45
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Osman	2,556	60.64	6.66
	PAS	Din Saaid	1,659	39.36	6.66
Total valid votes			4,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,373	74.87	1.60
Registered electors			5,841
Majority			897	21.28	13.33
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Osman	3,061	67.30	8.26
	PAS	Din Said	1,487	32.70	8.26
Total valid votes			4,548	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,678	76.46	1.66
Registered electors			6,118
Majority			1,574	34.61	16.54
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,303	59.04	2.86
	PAS	Din Said	1,598	40.96	40.96
Total valid votes			3,901	100.00
Total rejected ballots			245
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,146	78.12	1.30
Registered electors			5,307
Majority			705	18.07	5.73
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,031	61.90	61.90
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Osman Abdul Rahman	1,250	38.10	31.85
Total valid votes			3,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			345
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,626	76.82	0.69
Registered electors			4,720
Majority			781	23.80	0.97
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,744	59.26	11.26
	PMIP	Ali Abdullah	1,015	34.49	5.01
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Man Hashim	184	6.25	6.25
Total valid votes			2,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,116	77.51	3.35
Registered electors			4,020
Majority			729	24.77	16.27
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,770	70.52	3.89
	PMIP	Yahaya Abdullah	740	29.48	3.89
Total valid votes			2,510	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			2,692	80.87	1.63
Registered electors			3,329
Majority			1,030	41.04	7.79
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,556	74.41
	PMIP	Omar Mohd Said	535	25.59
Total valid votes			2,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			35
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			2,126	82.50
Registered electors			2,577
Majority			1,021	48.83
This was a new constituency created.