Kuala Perlis (state constituency)

Kuala Perlis is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly. It has been represented by Abu Bakar Hamzah of Perikatan Nasional (PN) since 2022.

Kuala Perlis

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Abu Bakar Hamzah PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)[1]	14,717

The state constituency was created in 1958. It was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kuala Perlis constituency is divided into 9 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Kuala Perlis (N09)	Seberang Alor	002/09/01	SK Seberang Ramai
	Hujong Tanjong	002/09/02	SJK (C) Khay Beng
	Kepala Batas	002/09/03	SK Kuala Perlis
	Seberang Tok Pi	002/09/04	SMK Kuala Perlis
	Padang Besar Selatan	002/09/05	SK Padang Besar Selatan

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Kuala Perlis's electorate as of 2022^[3]

1. Malay (77.74%)
2. Chinese (20.78%)
3. Other ethnicities (1.33%)
4. Indian (0.14%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Seberang Alor	963
Hujong Tanjong	1,685
Kepala Batas	3,183
Seberang Tok Pi	2,716
Padang Besar Selatan	1,519
Total	10,066
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kuala Perlis
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Yusoff Abu Bakar	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1969	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1973	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Mohamed Noor Yub
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986	Ahmad Osman
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004	Bakar Saad
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008–2013	Mat Hassan
13th	2013–2018
14th	2018–2022	Nor Azam Karap	PH (PKR)
15th	2022–present	Abu Bakar Hamzah	PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Abu Bakar Hamzah	3,207	30.06	30.06
	PH	Nor Azam Karap	3,053	28.61	22.52
	Independent	Azahar Ahmad	2,197	20.59	20.59
	BN	Kamarudin Malek	2,145	20.10	15.96
	Heritage	Muhamad Hairi Noordin	68	0.54	0.54
Total valid votes			10,670	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			10,818	73.5	6.24
Registered electors			14,717
Majority			153
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Nor Azam Karap	4,253	51.13	51.13
	BN	Azam Rashid	2,999	36.06	21.11
	PAS	Mohamad Fuat Haji Abu Bakar	1,066	12.81	12.81
Total valid votes			8,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			144
Unreturned ballots			34
Turnout			8,496	79.74	3.81
Registered electors			10,654
Majority			1,254
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [3]

Perlis state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mat Hassan	4,758	57.17	12.60
	PKR	Noor Amin Ahmad	3,374	40.54	40.54
	Independent	Shaari Ludin	191	2.29	2.29
Total valid votes			8,323	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			8,480	83.55	4.82
Registered electors			10,150
Majority			1,384
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mat Hassan	4,448	69.77	3.13
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,927	30.23	30.23
Total valid votes			6,375	100.00
Total rejected ballots			135
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			6,524	78.73	0.11
Registered electors			8,287
Majority			2,521
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bakar Saad	4,495	72.90	11.23
	PKR	Mohd Yusoff Ubi @ Madarsa	1,671	27.10	27.10
Total valid votes			6,166	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots			5
Turnout			6,326	78.84	0.41
Registered electors			8,024
Majority			2,824
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bakar Saad	3,487	61.67	9.55
	PAS	Nadzaharuddin Mohd. Noor	2,167	38.33	9.55
Total valid votes			5,654	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			5,824	78.43	5.00
Registered electors			7,426
Majority			1,320
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	3,690	71.22	17.81
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,491	28.78	28.78
Total valid votes			5,181	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,310	73.43	2.91
Registered electors			7,231
Majority			2,199
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abd Karim @ Ibrahim Mat Salleh	2,668	53.41	7.23
	S46	Zahri Abas	2,327	46.59	46.59
Total valid votes			4,995	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,156	76.34	1.47
Registered electors			6,754
Majority			341
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Osman	2,556	60.64	6.66
	PAS	Din Saaid	1,659	39.36	6.66
Total valid votes			4,215	100.00
Total rejected ballots			158
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,373	74.87	1.59
Registered electors			5,841
Majority			897
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Osman	3,061	67.30	8.26
	PAS	Din Said	1,487	32.70	8.26
Total valid votes			4,548	100.00
Total rejected ballots			130
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,678	76.46
Registered electors			6,118
Majority			1,574
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,303	59.04	2.86
	PAS	Din Said	1,598	40.96	40.96
Total valid votes			3,901	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,307
Majority			705
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Noor Yub	2,031	61.90	2.64
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Osman Abdul Rahman	1,250	38.10	31.85
Total valid votes			3,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			345
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,626	76.76	0.75
Registered electors			4,724
Majority			781
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,744	59.26	11.26
	PMIP	Ali Abdullah	1,015	34.49	5.01
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Man Hashim	184	6.25	6.25
Total valid votes			2,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,116	77.51	3.36
Registered electors			4,020
Majority			729
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim	1,770	70.52	3.89
	PMIP	Yahaya Abdullah	740	29.48	3.89
Total valid votes			2,510	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,692	80.87	1.63
Registered electors			3,329
Majority			1,030
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Yusoff Abu Bakar	1,556	74.41
	PMIP	Omar Mohd. Said	535	25.59
Total valid votes			2,091	100.00
Total rejected ballots			35
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,126	82.50
Registered electors			2,577
Majority			1,021
This was a new constituency created.