Kota (state constituency)

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

Kota

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Suhaimi Aini BN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	16,510

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 Kota's electorate as of 2023^[2]

1. Malay (86.0%)
2. Chinese (6.69%)
3. Indian (5.17%)
4. Other ethnicities (2.16%)

History

Polling Districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Kota constituency has a total of 15 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kota (N28)	Kampong Batu	131/28/01	SK Kampong Batu
	Selemak	131/28/02	SK Salak Nama
	Kampong Bongek	131/28/03	SK Bongek
	Kampong Chengkau Ulu	131/28/04	Balai Raya Chengkau Ulu Rantau
	Kampong Gadong	131/28/05	SMA Haji Mohd. Yatim
	Kampong Kendong	131/28/06	SK Kota
	Kota	131/28/07	SMK Dato' Undang Haji Adnan
	Semerbok	131/28/08	SK Semerbok
	Kampong Sawah Raja	131/28/09	SK Sawah Raja
	Titian Bintangor	131/28/10	SK Dato Shah Bandar Rembau
	Astana Raja	131/28/11	SK Astana Raja
	Legong Ulu	131/28/12	SK Legong Ulu
	Pekan Chengkau	131/28/13	SK Chengkau
	Kampong Penajis	131/28/14	SK Tun Haji Abdul Malek
	Kampong Pulau Mampat	131/28/15	Balai Raya Kampung Pulau Mampat Chengkau

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kota
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Mohd. Yusof Abdullah	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969
	1969-1971	Assembly was dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	Dahalan Amin	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978		BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Ismail Yassin
7th	1986-1990	Ahmad Apandi Johan
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Zaharudin Mohd Shariff
11th	2004-2008	Awaludin Said
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2023
15th	2023–present	Suhaimi Aini

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Suhaimi Aini	5,869	50.58	6.81
	PN	Ahmad Shukri Abdul Shukur	5,734	49.42	49.42
Total valid votes			11,603	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			11,723	71.01	11.42
Registered electors			16,510
Majority			135	1.16	25.65
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awaludin Said	6,356	57.39	14.82
	PH	Shahrizal Masrudin	3,387	30.58	30.58
	PAS	Ishak Omar	1,333	12.04	15.75
Total valid votes			11,076	100.00
Total rejected ballots			169
Unreturned ballots			71
Turnout			11,316	82.43	4.11
Registered electors			13,564
Majority			2,969	26.81	17.61
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awaludin Said	8,131	72.21	2.01
	PAS	Ghazali Mohd Shom	3,129	27.79	2.01
Total valid votes			11,260	100.00
Total rejected ballots			192
Unreturned ballots			41
Turnout			11,493	86.54	8.01
Registered electors			13,280
Majority			5,002	44.42	4.02
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Awaludin Said	6,278	70.20
	PAS	Azhar Ibrahim	2,665	29.80
Total valid votes			8,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			244
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			9,199	78.53
Registered electors			11,715
Majority			3,613	40.40
	BN hold		Swing