Padang Pauh (state constituency)

Padang Pauh was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1986 to 1995.

Padang Pauh

Perlis constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1984
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1986
Last contested	1990

The state constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Padang Pauh
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Paya
7th	1986-1990	Bahari Taib	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished, renamed to Mata Ayer

Election results

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bahari Taib	4,705	71.41
	PAS	Yahya Ahmad	1,742	26.44
	Independent	Wan Ismail Wan Ahmad	142	2.16
Total valid votes			6,589	100.00
Total rejected ballots			258
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,847	76.51
Registered electors			8,949
Majority			2,963
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bahari Taib	2,918	65.18
	PAS	Ahmad Salleh	1,559	34.82
Total valid votes			4,477	100.00
Total rejected ballots			155
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,632	74.30
Registered electors			6,234
Majority			1,359
This was a new constituency created.