Mata Ayer (state constituency)

Mata Ayer

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Khairi Hasan BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Mata Ayer is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1974, from 1995 to present.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is 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 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1994.

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tok Kaya Man, Hutan Temin, Kampung Gial.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Mata Ayer
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Mahayuddin Habib	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Abdullah Hassan
3rd	1969-1974
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
9th	1995-1999	Ishak Arshad	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Khairi Hasan
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,739
	PKR	Ammar Gazali	1,750
Total valid votes			5,489	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			5,592	87.86
Registered electors			6,365
Majority			1,989
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
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 2016-04-27. "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 2016-04-27.

Perlis state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,059
	PAS	Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim	1,437
Total valid votes			4,496	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			68
Turnout			4,662	84.05
Registered electors			5,547
Majority			1,622
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,041
	PAS	Suwardi Yaacob	1,438
Total valid votes			4,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			56
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			4,563	82.11
Registered electors			5,557
Majority			1,603
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ishak Arshad	2,218
	PAS	Suwardi Yaacob	1,554
Total valid votes			3,772	100.00
Total rejected ballots			71
Unreturned ballots			250
Turnout			4,093	83.87
Registered electors			4,880
Majority			664
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ishak Arshad	2,886
	PAS	Saleh Itam	1,182
Total valid votes			4,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			323
Unreturned ballots			588
Turnout			4,979	82.98
Registered electors			6,000
Majority			1,704
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Hassan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Hassan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mahayuddin Habib
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-04-27.