Guar Sanji

Guar Sanji is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

Guar Sanji

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Ridzuan Hashim PN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	11,510

The state constituency was created in 1984. It was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018^[update], the State Assemblyman for Guar Sanji is Mohd Ridzuan Hashim from Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Guar Sanji constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Guar Sanji (N13)	Guar Sanji	003/13/01	SK Arau
	Kampong Sena	003/13/02	SK Jelempok
	Behor Mentalon	003/13/03	SMK Syed Ahmad
	Chemumar	003/13/04	SK Raja Perempuan Budriah
	Serdang	003/18/05	SK Kampong Serdang
	Changkat Jawi	003/13/06	SK Changkat Jawi

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Guar Sanji's electorate as of 2022^[3]

1. Malay (96.82%)
2. Chinese (2.28%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.5%)
4. Indian (0.39%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Guar Sanji	1,878
Kampong Sena	1,810
Behor Mentalon	1,261
Chemumar	1,035
Serdang	1,804
Changkat Jawi	743
Total	8,531
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Guar Sanji
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sanglang
7th	1986–1990	Taib Ismail	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990–1995	Abdul Aziz Saad
9th	1995–1999	Arof Saad
10th	1999–2004	Ahmad Ali	PAS
11th	2004–2008	Jafperi Othman	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008–2013
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2020	Mohd Ridzuan Hashim	PAS
	2020–present		PN (PAS)
15th	2022–present

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Ridzuan Hashim	6,717	74.20	74.20
	BN	Rozieana Ahmad	1,616	17.85	20.02
	PH	Hasparizal Hassan	601	6.64	13.30
	GTA	Abdul Malik Abdullah	119	1.31	1.31
Total valid votes			9,053	100.00
Total rejected ballots			140
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			9,210	78.65	5.02
Registered electors			11,510
Majority			5,101	56.35	52.03
	PN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2018: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ridzuan Hashim	3,199	42.19	1.67
	BN	Afifi Osman	2,871	37.87	18.27
	PH	Baridah Che Nayan	1,512	19.94	19.94
Total valid votes			7,582	100.00
Total rejected ballots			103
Unreturned ballots			40
Turnout			7,725	83.67	3.90
Registered electors			9,233
Majority			328	4.32	7.96
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [3]

Perlis state election, 2013: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jafperi Othman	4,235	56.14	0.96
	PAS	Zulmi Sabri	3,308	43.86	0.96
Total valid votes			7,543	100.00
Total rejected ballots			82
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			7,639	87.57	3.27
Registered electors			8,723
Majority			927	12.28	1.92
	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: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jafperi Othman	3,736	55.18	4.08
	PAS	Ahmad Adnan Fadzil	3,034	44.82	4.08
Total valid votes			6,770	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			6,879	84.30	2.09
Registered electors			8,160
Majority			702	10.36	8.16
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [5]

Perlis state election, 2004: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jafperi Othman	3,378	51.10	6.10
	PAS	Ahmad Ali	3,233	48.90	6.10
Total valid votes			6,611	100.00
Total rejected ballots			97
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,708	86.39	2.07
Registered electors			7,765
Majority			145	2.20	7.80
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?
Source(s) [5]

Perlis state election, 1999: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Ali	3,318	55.00	7.82
	BN	Azib Saad	2,715	45.00	7.82
Total valid votes			6,033	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,157	84.32	6.68
Registered electors			7,302
Majority			603	10.00	4.36
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1995: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arof Saad	2,791	52.82	11.52
	PAS	Bahari Ali	2,493	47.18	11.52
Total valid votes			5,284	100.00
Total rejected ballots			91
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			5,380	77.64	0.97
Registered electors			6,929
Majority			298	5.64	23.04
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1990: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Saad	3,167	64.34	0.06
	PAS	Bahari Ali	1,755	35.66	0.06
Total valid votes			4,922	100.00
Total rejected ballots			184
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,106	76.67	3.19
Registered electors			6,660
Majority			1,412	28.68	0.12
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986: Guar Sanji

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Taib Ismail	2,697	64.28
	PAS	Mahamood Mohd Noor	1,499	35.72
Total valid votes			4,196	100.00
Total rejected ballots			177
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,373	73.48
Registered electors			5,951
Majority			1,198	28.56
This was a new constituency created.