Gemas (state constituency)

Gemas is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Gemas

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ridzuan Ahmad PN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	29,648

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

Ethnic breakdown of Gemas's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (83.3%)
2. Chinese (7.73%)
3. Indian (4.84%)
4. Other ethnicities (4.09%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Gemas constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Gemas（N34）	FELDA Jelai 1 & 3	133/34/01	SK Jelai 1
	Pasir Besar	133/35/02	Balai Raya Kampung Pasir Besar Gemas
	FELDA Pasir Besar	133/34/03	SK (FELDA) Pasir Besar
	Kampong Ladang	133/35/04	SK Kampong Lalang
	Pekan Gemas	133/34/05	SK Gemas
	Taman Sentosa	133/34/06	SMK Gemas
	FELDA Jelai 2 &4	133/34/07	SK Jelai 2 (FELDA)

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gemas
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1962	Fong Yew Wang	Alliance (MCA)
	1962		Socialist Front (Lab)
	1962-1964	Goh Boon Tah	Alliance (MCA)
2nd	1964-1969	Lim Heng Seng
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Lim Heng Seng	Alliance (MCA)
4th	1974-1978	Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Hashim	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Mohd Yassin Abu Bakar
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Jamluz Aziz
12th	2008-2013	Zainab Nasir
13th	2013-2018	Abdul Razak Said
14th	2018-2023
15th	2023–present	Ridzuan Ahmad	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Ridzuan Ahmad	11,653	57.73	57.73
	BN	Abdul Razak Said	8,533	42.27	13.89
Total valid votes			20,186	100.00
Total rejected ballots			251
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			20,453	68.99	11.30
Registered electors			29,648
Majority			3,120	15.46	11.74
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Razak Said	9,853	56.16	22.30
	PH	Baharuddin Arif Siri	5,081	28.96	28.96
	PAS	Abdul Halim Abu Bakar	2,612	14.89	14.89
Total valid votes			17,546	100.00
Total rejected ballots			283
Unreturned ballots			91
Turnout			17,920	80.29	5.67
Registered electors			22,318
Majority			4,772	27.20	29.72
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Razak Said	15,040	78.46	0.70
	PKR	Karip Mohd Salleh	4,129	21.54	21.54
Total valid votes			19,169	100.00
Total rejected ballots			351
Unreturned ballots			53
Turnout			19,573	85.96	6.78
Registered electors			22,771
Majority			10,911	56.92	1.40
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zainab Nasir	10,811	79.16
	PAS	Mohd Ali Maarof	2,846	20.84
Total valid votes			13,657	100.00
Total rejected ballots			345
Unreturned ballots			224
Turnout			14,226	79.18
Registered electors			17,966
Majority			7,965	58.32
	BN hold		Swing