Kesidang

Kesidang is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.

Kesidang

Malacca constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Allex Seah Shoo Chin PH
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)[1]	37,304

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018^[update], the State Assemblyman for Kesidang is Allex Seah Shoo Chin from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) which is a component parfy of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.^[2]

Definition

The Kesidang constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Merdeka, Batu Berendam, Taman Melaka Baru, Malim Jaya, Bertam, Taman Asean, Kampung Padang, Bakar Batu and Limbongan.^[3]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kesidang's electorate as of 2021^[4]

1. Chinese (56.96%)
2. Malays (37.38%)
3. Indians (4.68%)
4. Other Ethnicities (0.98%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kesidang constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.^[5]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Kesidang（N19）	Taman Merdeka	138/19/01	SK Taman Merdeka SRA (JAIM) Taman Datuk Thamby Chik Karim
	Batu Berendam	138/19/02	SK Batu Berendam
	Taman Melaka Baru	138/19/03	SK Batu Berendam 2
	Malim Jaya	138/19/04	SMK Malim
	Bertam	138/19/05	SK Malim
	Taman Asean	138/19/06	SJK (C) Malim
	Kampung Padang	138/19/07	SRA (JAIM) Kampung Padang
	Bakar Batu	138/19/08	SK Bachang
	Limbongan	138/19/09	SK Tengkera 1

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kesidang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tengkera
11th	2004 – 2008	Koh Nai Kwong (古乃光)	BN (MCA)
12th	2008 – 2013	Goh Leong San (吴良山)	PR (DAP)
13th	2013 – 2018	Chin Choong Seong (陈仲祥)
14th	2018 – 2021	Allex Seah Shoo Chin (谢守钦)	PH (DAP)
15th	2021–present

Election results

Malacca state election, 2021: Kesidang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Allex Seah Shoo Chin	14,769	65.86	6.78
	BN	Leong Hui Ying	4,532	20.21	6.04
	PN	Patrick Ng Chin Kae	3,124	13.93	13.93
Total valid votes			22,425
Total rejected ballots			269
Unreturned ballots			93
Turnout			22,787	61.08	24.50
Registered electors			37,304
Majority			10,237	45.65	0.74
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1715764/PUB%20583.pdf

Malacca state election, 2018: Kesidang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Allex Seah Shoo Chin	22,880	72.64	72.64
	BN	Ng Choon Koon	8,268	26.25	11.08
	Independent	Goh Leong San	349	1.11	1.11
Total valid votes			31,497	100.00
Total rejected ballots			380
Unreturned ballots			93
Turnout			31,970	85.58	0.93
Registered electors			37,355
Majority			14,612	46.39	21.05
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) [6][7]

Malacca state election, 2013: Kesidang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Chin Choong Seong	9,443	62.67	7.32
	BN	Lim Eng Teck	5,625	37.33	7.32
Total valid votes			15,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,224	86.51	5.62
Registered electors			17,597
Majority			3,818	25.34	14.64
	DAP hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Malacca state election, 2008: Kesidang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Goh Leong San	7,241	55.35	12.44
	BN	Koh Nai Kwong	5,842	44.65	12.44
Total valid votes			13,083	100.00
Total rejected ballots			221
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			13,325	80.89	1.99
Registered electors			16,472
Majority			1,399	10.70	3.48
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [7]

Malacca state election, 2004: Kesidang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Koh Nai Kwong	6,846	57.09
	DAP	Lim Jak Wong	5,145	42.91
Total valid votes			11,991	100.00
Total rejected ballots			240
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			12,231	78.90
Registered electors			15,502
Majority			1,701	14.18
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) [7]