Parit Yaani (state constituency)

Parit Yaani is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Parit Yaani

Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohamad Najib Samuri BN
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	80,650
Electors (2022)	41,851
Area (km²)	147

The state constituency was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Parit Yaani's electorate as of 2022

1. Malay (55.0%)
2. Chinese (42.8%)
3. Other ethnicities (1.02%)
4. Indian (0.97%)
5. Sabah Bumiputera (0.12%)
6. Sarawak Bumiputera (0.07%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Parit Yaani constituency has a total of 13 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Parit Yaani（N21）	Parit Jambi	149/21/01	SK Tenaga Sepakat
	Parit Selulun	149/21/02	SK Seri Tanjong
	Bukit Rahmat	149/21/03	SJK (C) Bukit Rahmat
	Tongkang Pechah	149/21/04	SJK (C) Tongkang
	Bandar Tongkang Pechah	149/21/05	SK Seri Binjai
	Parit Buloh	149/21/06	SK Bindu
	Pekan Parit Yaani	149/21/07	Dewan Orang Ramai Parit Ya'ani
	Kampong Bahru Parit Yaani	149/21/08	SK Seri Telok
	Kampong Bahru	149/21/09	SK Seri Idaman
	Parit Yob	149/21/10	SK Seri Bengkal
	Broleh Utara	149/21/11	SK Seri Beroleh
	Broleh Tengah	149/21/12	SK Bukit Soga
	Bukit Pasir Timor	149/21/13	SJK (C) Sin Hwa

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Parit Yaani
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sri Lalang
7th	1986-1990	Mohamad Aziz	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1999
10th	1999-2004	Hamzah Ramli
11th	2004-2008	Ng See Tiong	BN (MCA)
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013–2015	Aminolhuda Hassan	PR (PAS)
	2015–2018		AMANAH
14th	2018-2022		PH (AMANAH)
15th	2022–present	Mohamad Najib Samuri	BN (UMNO)

Election results

Johor state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Najib Samuri	9,070	38.56
	PH	Aminolhuda Hassan	8,776	37.31
	PN	Ahmad Nawfal Mahfodz	5,435	23.11	23.11
	PEJUANG	Ridhauddin Tahir	239	1.02	1.01
Total valid votes			23,520	100.00
Total rejected ballots			424
Unreturned ballots			157
Turnout			24,101	57.88
Registered electors			41,851
Majority			294	1.25
	BN gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) [3][4]