Sanglang (state constituency)

Sanglang is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

Sanglang

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Shukri Ramli PN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	10,249
Electors (2022)[1]	10,421

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. Since 2013^[update], the State Assemblyman for Sanglang is Mohd Shukri Ramli from Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Sanglang constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.^[2]

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Sanglang (N15)	Bongor Kudong	003/15/01	Dewan 1 Malaysia Simpang Empat
	Bunga Mas	003/15/02	SMK Syed Saffi
	Sungai Padang	003/15/03	SK Dato Ahmad Musa
	Simpang Sanglang	003/15/04	SK Sanglang
	Padang Keria	003/15/05	SK Padang Keria
	Kuala Sanglang	003/15/06	SJK (C) Chin Hun
	Tok Pulau	003/15/07	SMK Sanglang

Demographics

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

1. Malay (92.5%)
2. Chinese (6.79%)
3. Other ethnicities (0.49%)
4. Indian (0.17%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Bongor Kudong	973
Bunga Mas	1,355
Sungai Padang	1,266
Simpang Sanglang	980
Padang Keria	836
Kuala Sanglang	1,153
Tok Pulau	1,683
Total	8,246
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Sanglang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Ahmad Musa	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1969
	1969–1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971–1973	Jaafar Hassan	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973–1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978	Ahmad Long
5th	1978–1982	Saad @ Md Zain Hamzah
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990	Kamarudin Ahmad
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999	Karim Salleh
10th	1999–2004	Hashim Jasin	PAS
11th	2004–2008
12th	2008	Abdullah Hassan	BN (UMNO)
	2008–2013	Hashim Jasin	PR (PAS)
13th	2013–2018	Mohd. Shukri Ramli
14th	2018–2020		PAS
	2020–2022		PN (PAS)
15th	2022–present

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohd Shukri Ramli	5,111	62.13	62.13
	BN	Sharifudin Ahmad	1,776	21.59	18.65
	PH	Ahmad Fadhzil Mohamad	931	11.32	7.62
	Heritage	Zainuddin Yom	408	4.96	4.96
Total valid votes			8,226	100.00
Total rejected ballots			138
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			8,377	80.4	5.02
Registered electors			10,421
Majority			3,335	40.54	39.96
	PN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Shukri Ramli	2,971	40.82	8.49
	BN	Che Zaidi Saidin	2,929	40.24	7.43
	PH	Zolkharnain Abidin	1,379	18.94	18.94
Total valid votes			7,279	100.00
Total rejected ballots			116
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			7,408	85.42	3.79
Registered electors			8,672
Majority			42	0.58	1.06
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) [3]

Perlis state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohd Shukri Ramli	3,632	49.31	1.05
	BN	Fathul Bari Mat Jahya	3,511	47.67	1.97
	Independent	Zainudin Yom	222	3.01	3.01
Total valid votes			7,365	100.00
Total rejected ballots			80
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			7,459	89.21	4.61
Registered electors			8,361
Majority			121	1.64	0.92
	PAS 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	%	∆%
Initially, the Returning Officer had declared Abdullah Hassan as the elected representative for Sanglang at the night of 8 March 2008. However, Hashim Jasin filed his petition to nullify the election due to inconsistent figure in the vote counting documents. The Federal Court had made such a controversial decision to declare Hashim Jasin as the rightful winner on 16 September 2008. No by-election was held by the Election Commission of Malaysia.[5]
	PAS	Hashim Jasin	3,333	50.36	0.01
	BN	Abdullah Hassan	3,286	49.64	0.01
Total valid votes			6,619	100.00
Total rejected ballots			92
Unreturned ballots			11
Turnout			6,722	84.60	1.38
Registered electors			7,946
Majority			149	0.72	0.02
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) [6]

Perlis state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hashim Jasin	3,221	50.35	2.35
	BN	Mastika Junaidah Husin	3,176	49.65	2.35
Total valid votes			6,397	100.00
Total rejected ballots			11
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,408	83.22	1.79
Registered electors			7,700
Majority			45	0.70	4.70
	PAS hold		Swing
Source(s) [6]

Perlis state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hashim Jasin	3,245	52.70	4.95
	BN	Ramlah Long	2,912	47.30	4.95
Total valid votes			6,157	100.00
Total rejected ballots			87
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			6,246	81.43	3.79
Registered electors			7,670
Majority			333	5.40	0.90
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Karim Salleh	2,860	52.25	0.99
	PAS	Hashim Jasin	2,614	47.75	0.99
Total valid votes			5,474	100.00
Total rejected ballots			84
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			5,560	77.64	1.24
Registered electors			7,161
Majority			246	4.50	1.98
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamarudin Ahmad	2,777	51.26	2.94
	PAS	Ishak Ismail	2,640	48.74	2.94
Total valid votes			5,417	100.00
Total rejected ballots			199
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,616	78.88	0.72
Registered electors			7,120
Majority			137	2.52	5.88
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamarudin Ahmad	2,612	54.20	1.00
	PAS	Ishak Ismail	2,207	45.80	1.00
Total valid votes			4,819	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,992	78.16	2.22
Registered electors			6,387
Majority			405	8.40	2.00
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saad @ Md Zain Hamzah	2,477	55.20	3.93
	PAS	Harun Othman	2,010	44.80	44.80
Total valid votes			4,487	100.00
Total rejected ballots			241
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,728	80.38
Registered electors			5,882
Majority			467	10.40	7.86
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saad @ Md Zain Hamzah	2,303	59.13	2.01
	Independent	Ahmad Puteh	1,592	40.87	40.87
Total valid votes			3,895	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,386
Majority			711	18.26	4.02
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Long	2,109	57.12	57.12
	Independent	Abu Bakar Hamzah	1,583	42.88	42.88
Total valid votes			3,692	100.00
Total rejected ballots			282
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,974	82.59	2.80
Registered electors			4,812
Majority			526	14.24	14.12
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Jaafar Hassan	1,973	50.06	3.71
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Hamzah	1,968	49.94	3.71
Total valid votes			3,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			138
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,079	85.39	1.54
Registered electors			4,777
Majority			5	0.12	7.42
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ahmad Musa	1,776	53.77	2.67
	PMIP	Ghazali Husain	1,527	46.23	2.67
Total valid votes			3,303	100.00
Total rejected ballots			156
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,459	83.85	2.98
Registered electors			4,125
Majority			249	7.54	5.34
	Alliance hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ahmad Musa	1,577	56.44
	PMIP	Adnan Abdullah	1,217	43.56
Total valid votes			2,794	100.00
Total rejected ballots			34
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,828	80.87
Registered electors			3,497
Majority			360	12.88
This was a new constituency created.