Permatang (state constituency)

Permatang is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1974.

Permatang

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Rozana Zainal Abidin PH
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	23,153

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Permatang is Rozana Zainal Abidin from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).

History

2004–2016: The constituency contains the polling districts of Hulu Tiram Buruk, Hulu Tiram Buruk Utara, Batang Berjuntai Satu, Ladang Mary, Sungai Tinggi, Batang Berjuntai Utara, Kampung Raja Musa, Ladang Raja Musa, Kampung Baharu Tiram Buruk, Parit Serong, Sungai Gulang-Gulang, Hujung Permatang, Belimbing, Permatang, Pasir Penambang, Sungai Yu, Sungai Terap.

2016–present:[2] The constituency contains the polling districts of Hulu Tiram Buruk, Hulu Tiram Buruk Utara, Batang Berjuntai Satu, Ladang Mary, Sungai Tinggi, Batang Berjuntai Utara, Kampung Raja Musa, Ladang Raja Musa, Kampung Baharu Tiram Buruk, Parit Serong, Sungai Gulang-Gulang, Hujung Permatang, Belimbing, Permatang, Pasir Penambang, Sungai Yu, Sungai Terap.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Permatang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Mohamed Said Bahir	BN
5th	1978-1982	Zaleha Ismail
6th	1982-1986	Khalid Ahmad
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Jamaluddin Adnan
9th	1995-1997
	1997-1999	Abu Hassan Omar
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Abdul Aziz Mohd Noh
12th	2008-2013	Sulaiman Abdul Razak
13th	2013-2018
13th	2018-present	Rozana Zainal Abidin	PH (PKR)

Election results

Selangor state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Rozana Zainal Abidin	9,208	46.03	-0.76
	BN	Sulaiman Abdul Razak	8,050	40.24	-12.53
	PAS	Muhammad Jafarudin Sheik Daud	2,746	13.73	+13.73
Total valid votes			20,004	100.00
Total rejected ballots			288
Unreturned ballots			66
Turnout			20,358	87.93
Registered electors			23,153
Majority			1,158
	PH gain from BN		Swing		+5.89
Source(s) [3][4]

Selangor state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Abdul Razak	9,049	52.77	+0.49
	PKR	Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri	8,023	46.79	-0.93
	Independent	Low Tan	76	0.44	+0.44
Total valid votes			17,148	100.00
Total rejected ballots			312
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			17,497	89.11
Registered electors			19,636
Majority			1,026
	BN hold		Swing		+0.71
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Selangor state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Abdul Razak	6,975	52.28	-15.00
	PKR	Mazlan Hassan	6,367	47.72	+15.00
Total valid votes			13,342	100.00
Total rejected ballots			286
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			13,648	78.42
Registered electors			17,403
Majority			608
	BN hold		Swing		-15.00
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Mohd Noh	8,341	67.28	+6.93
	KEADILAN	Samry Masri	4,056	32.72	-6.93
Total valid votes			12,397	100.00
Total rejected ballots			355
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,752	73.34
Registered electors			17,388
Majority			4,285
	BN hold		Swing		+6.93
Source(s) [4]

Selangor state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Hassan Omar	8,621	60.35	-23.77
	KEADILAN	Mohd. Yahya Mat Sahri	5,665	39.65	+39.65
Total valid votes			14,286	100.00
Total rejected ballots			453
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			14,755	73.72
Registered electors			20,016
Majority			2,956
	BN hold		Swing		-31.71

Selangor state by-election, 29 May 1997
Upon the resignation of incumbent, Jamaluddin Adnan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Hassan Omar	9,590	84.12	+4.96
	PAS	Mohd Maskuri Mardzuki	1,810	15.88	-4.96
Total valid votes			11,400	100.00
Total rejected ballots			484
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			11,884	64.18
Registered electors			18,517
Majority			7,780
	BN hold		Swing		+4.96

Selangor state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jamaluddin Adnan	9,877	79.16	+13.96
	PAS	Harullah Junid @ Amat Dollah Mat Jonit	2,601	20.84	+20.84
Total valid votes			12,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			575
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			13,110	70.70
Registered electors			18,543
Majority			7,276
	BN hold		Swing		-3.44

Selangor state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jamaluddin Adnan	6,214	65.20	-7.81
	S46	Hasanudin Latif	3,317	34.80	+34.80
Total valid votes			9,531	100.00
Total rejected ballots			484
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,015	75.06
Registered electors			13,343
Majority			2,897
	BN hold		Swing		-21.31

Selangor state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khalid Ahmad	5,674	73.01	-12.30
	PAS	Suarin Ibrahim	2,098	26.99	+12.30
Total valid votes			7,772	100.00
Total rejected ballots			327
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,099	70.88
Registered electors			11,427
Majority			3,576
	BN hold		Swing		-12.30

Selangor state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khalid Ahmad	7,935	85.31	+24.86
	PAS	Kormin Shukur	1,366	14.69	+1.56
Total valid votes			9,301	100.00
Total rejected ballots			305
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			9,606	73.03
Registered electors			13,153
Majority			6,569
	BN hold		Swing		+11.65

Selangor state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaleha Ismail	4,865	60.45	+4.93
	Independent	Supian Sirman	2,126	26.42	-18.06
	PAS	Norhadi Hasan Ali	1,057	13.13	+13.13
Total valid votes			8,048	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			11,619
Majority			2,739
	BN hold		Swing		+11.50

Selangor state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamed Said Bahir	3,311	55.52
	Independent	Hashim Mahmood	2,653	44.48
Total valid votes			5,964	100.00
Total rejected ballots			761
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,725	71.02
Registered electors			9,469
Majority			658
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
4. https://undi.info/selangor/r18/n9