Alor Gajah (federal constituency)

Alor Gajah is a federal constituency in Alor Gajah District and Jasin District, Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

Alor Gajah (P135)

Malacca constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Adly Zahari PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]	171,073
Electors (2022)[2]	93,311
Area (km²)[3]	560
Pop. density (per km²)	305.5

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Alor Gajah's electorate as of 2022^[4]

1. Malay (62.7%)
2. Chinese (23.8%)
3. Indian (12.9%)
4. Other ethnicities (0.70%)

Age breakdown of Alor Gajah's electorate as of 2022

1. 18-20 (6.34%)
2. 21-29 (21.0%)
3. 30-39 (21.6%)
4. 40-49 (16.9%)
5. 50-59 (14.4%)
6. 60-69 (11.3%)
7. 70-79 (5.86%)
8. 80-89 (2.17%)
9. above 90 (0.39%)

Gender breakdown of Alor Gajah's electorate as of 2022

1. Male (49.2%)
2. Female (50.8%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Alor Gajah constituency has a total of 41 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Rembia (N06)	Pekan Alor Gajah	135/06/01	SK Alor Gajah 1
	Kelemak	135/06/02	SK Dato' Naning
	Jelatang	135/06/03	Kolej Vokesional Datuk Seri Mohd Zin
	Kampung Tebat	135/06/04	SMK Dato' Dol Said
	Sungai Petai	135/06/05	SK Sungai Petai
	Pekan Rembia	135/06/06	SJK (C) Kiow Min
	Jeram	135/06/07	SK Rembia
Gadek (N07)	Bukit Sebang	135/07/01	SMJK Pulau Sebang
	Pekan Pulau Sebang	135/07/02	SMK Sultan Mansor Shah
	Kuala Ina	135/07/03	SJK (T) Pulau Sebang
	Arongan	135/07/04	SK Pulau Sebang
	Tanjung Rimau	135/07/05	SRA (JAIM) Padang Sebang
	Padang Sebang	135/07/06	SK Padang Sebang
	Paya Datuk	135/07/07	SRA (JAIM) Paya Datok
	Pegoh	135/07/08	SK Pegoh
	Ganun	135/07/09	SK Ganun
	Pekan Gadek	135/07/10	SJK (C) Peng Min
Machap Jaya (N08)	Tebong	135/08/01	SJK (T) Pekan Tebong
	FELDA Hutan Percha	135/08/02	SK Hutan Percha
	Kemuning	135/08/03	SK Kemuning
	Solok Mengong	135/08/04	SK Menggong
	Machap Baru	135/08/05	SJK (C) Machap Baru
	Ayer Pasir	135/08/06	SRA (JAIM) Kampung Ayer Pasir Machap
	Machap Umbor	135/08/07	SJK (C) Machap Umboo
	Melaka Pindah	135/08/08	SK Lesong Batu
Durian Tunggal (N09)	Parit Melana	135/09/01	SK Parit Melana
	Belimbing Dalam	135/09/02	SK Belimbing Dalam
	Bukit Tambun	135/09/03	SK Durian Tungal
	Pekan Durian Tungal	135/09/04	SMK Durian Tungal
	Gangsa	135/09/05	SK Gangsa
Asahan (N10)	Simpang Tebong	135/10/01	SJK (C) On Lok
	Pekan Selandar	135/10/02	SJK (C) Chiao Chee
	Bukit Sedanan	135/10/03	SK Seri Machap Bukit Sedanan
	Batang Melaka	135/10/04	SK Batang Melaka
	Jus	135/10/05	SK Jus
	Bukit Senggeh	135/10/06	SK Bukit Senggeh
	Pekan Nyalas	135/10/07	SK Nyalas
	FELDA Bukit Senggeh	135/10/08	SK (FELDA) Bukit Senggeh
	Pondok Batang	135/10/09	SK Masjid Baru
	Ladang Bukit Asahan	135/10/10	SJK (T) Ladang Bukit Asahan
	Pekan Asahan	135/10/11	SK Asahan

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Alor Gajah
Parliament	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Malacca Utara
4th	P095	1974–1978	Abdul Ghafar Baba (عبدالغفار بابا)	BN (UMNO)
5th		1978–1982	Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik (عبدالرحيم ثمبي چئ)
6th		1982–1986	Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam (محمد أديب محمد آدم)
7th	P110	1986–1990
8th		1990–1995	Ibrahim Jendol (إبراهيم جندول)
9th	P120	1995–1999	Abu Seman Yusop (أبو ثمن يوسوڤ)
10th		1999–2004
11th	P135	2004–2008¹	Fong Chan Onn (冯镇安)	BN (MCA)
12th		2008–2013
13th		2013–2018	Koh Nai Kwong (古乃光)
14th		2018–2020	Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof (محمد رضوان مد يوسف)	PH (BERSATU)
		2020–2022		PN (BERSATU)
15th		2022–present	Adly Zahari (عدلي ظهري)	PH (AMANAH)

Note: ¹Noted that in 2004 redelineation exercise this Alor Gajah constituency is now shifted east to Alor Gajah city centre from former Selandar constituency, not Masjid Tanah which now renamed as Masjid Tanah.

State constituency

Parliamentary constituency	State constituency
	1955–59*	1959–1974	1974–1986	1986–1995	1995–2004	2004–2018	2018–present
Alor Gajah						Asahan
						Durian Tunggal
						Gadek
			Kelemak
				Kuala Linggi
			Machap			Machap
							Machap Jaya
			Masjid Tanah
					Melekek
					Ramuan China
						Rembia
				Sungai Bahru
					Sungai Udang
			Sungei Bahru
			Taboh Naning

Current state assembly members

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N06	Rembia	Muhammad Jailani Khamis	PN (PAS)
N07	Gadek	Shanmugam Ptcyhay	BN (MIC)
N08	Machap Jaya	Ngwe Hee Sem	BN (MCA)
N09	Durian Tunggal	Zahari Kalil	BN (UMNO)
N10	Asahan	Fairul Nizam Roslan

Local governments & postcodes

No.	State Constituency	Local Government	Postcode
N6	Rembia	Alor Gajah Municipal Council	75350 Melaka 76100 Durian Tunggal 77100 Asahan 77500 Selandar 78000 Alor Gajah
N7	Gadek
N8	Machap Jaya
N9	Durian Tunggal	Alor Gajah Municipal Council Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council (Durian Tunggal and UTEM areas)
N10	Asahan	Jasin Municipal Council

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Adly Zahari	28,178	38.60	12.13
	BN	Shahril Sufian Hamdan	27,288	37.38	1.28
	PN	Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof	17,211	23.58	23.58
	GTA	Muhammad Nazriq Abdul Rahman	323	0.44	0.44
Total valid votes			73,000	100.00
Total rejected ballots			726
Unreturned ballots			174
Turnout			73,900	79.20	4.65
Registered electors			93,311
Majority			890	1.22	10.85
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1753258/PUB%20616%20PARLIMEN%20MELAKA.pdf

Malaysian general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof	29,330	50.73	50.73
	BN	Wong Nai Chee	22,350	38.66	22.16
	PAS	Mohammad Nazree Mohammad Aris	6,135	10.61	10.61
Total valid votes			57,815	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,007
Unreturned ballots			178
Turnout			59,000	83.85	2.85
Registered electors			70,364
Majority			6,980	12.07	9.57
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) "His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 243/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 317/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

Malaysian general election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Koh Nai Kwong	32,594	60.82	5.36
	DAP	Damian Yeo Shen Li	20,997	39.18	5.36
Total valid votes			53,591	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,437
Unreturned ballots			103
Turnout			55,131	86.70	9.33
Registered electors			63,591
Majority			11,597	21.64	10.72
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 180/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.[permanent dead link] "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 221/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-12.[permanent dead link]

Malaysian general election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fong Chan Onn	26,354	66.18	14.05
	DAP	Tan Lay Siang	13,470	33.82	14.05
Total valid votes			39,824	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,953
Unreturned ballots			77
Turnout			41,854	77.37	1.11
Registered electors			54,097
Majority			12,884	32.36	28.10
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fong Chan Onn	29,920	80.23	13.52
	DAP	Goh Leong San	7,372	19.77	19.77
Total valid votes			37,292	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,941
Unreturned ballots			110
Turnout			39,343	76.26	5.32
Registered electors
Majority			22,548	60.46	27.04
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Seman Yusop	24,615	66.71	19.97
	PAS	Ab. Ghani Ab. Rahman	12,283	33.29	19.97
Total valid votes			36,898	100.00
Total rejected ballots			961
Unreturned ballots			3,996
Turnout			41,855	81.58	1.88
Registered electors
Majority			12,332	33.42	39.94
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Seman Yusop	29,652	86.68	1.44
	PAS	Omar Baba	4,556	13.32	1.44
Total valid votes			34,208	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,503
Unreturned ballots			1,239
Turnout			36,950	79.70	2.45
Registered electors
Majority			25,096	73.36	2.90
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ibrahim Jendol	23,201	85.24	1.78
	PAS	Moktar Ibrahim	4,019	14.76	1.78
Total valid votes			27,220	100.00
Total rejected ballots			771
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,991	77.25	7.34
Registered electors			36,234
Majority			19,182	70.48	3.56
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam	19,770	83.46	10.96
	PAS	Ab Rahman Hasan	3,918	16.54	4.12
Total valid votes			23,688	100.00
Total rejected ballots			758
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,446	69.91	4.56
Registered electors			34,966
Majority			15,852	66.92	9.51
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam	25,342	72.50	4.29
	DAP	Lim Swee	5,274	15.09	15.09
	PAS	Abdul Rahman Hassan	4,340	12.42	10.79
Total valid votes			34,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,114
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			36,070	74.47	1.57
Registered electors			48,437
Majority			20,068	57.41	3.83
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik	22,745	76.79	2.10
	PAS	Yaakop Abdul Hassan	6,876	23.21	23.21
Total valid votes			29,621	100.00
Total rejected ballots			2,061
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			31,682	76.04	1.72
Registered electors			41,663
Majority			15,869	53.58	4.20
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Abdul Ghafar Baba	20,890	78.89
	PEKEMAS	Abdul Ghani Long	5,591	21.11
Total valid votes			26,481	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,269
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			27,750	77.76
Registered electors			35,663
Majority			15,299	57.78
This was a new constituency created.