Alor Gajah (federal constituency) explained

Alor Gajah (P135)
State:Malacca
Fed-Rep:Adly Zahari
Fed-Rep-Party:PH
Fed-Status:active
Fed-Created:1974
Fed-Election-First:1974
Fed-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:171073
Demo-Pop-Ref:[1]
Demo-Electors:93,311
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Electors-Ref:[2]
Demo-Area:560
Demo-Area-Ref:[3]

Alor Gajah is a federal constituency in Alor Gajah District and Jasin District, Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Alor Gajah constituency has a total of 41 polling districts.[4]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Rembia (N06)Pekan Alor Gajah135/06/01SK Alor Gajah 1
Kelemak135/06/02SK Dato' Naning
Jelatang135/06/03Kolej Vokesional Datuk Seri Mohd Zin
Kampung Tebat135/06/04SMK Dato' Dol Said
Sungai Petai135/06/05SK Sungai Petai
Pekan Rembia135/06/06SJK (C) Kiow Min
Jeram135/06/07SK Rembia
Gadek (N07)Bukit Sebang135/07/01SMK Pulau Sebang
Pekan Pulau Sebang135/07/02SMK Sultan Mansor Shah
Kuala Ina135/07/03SJK (T) Pulau Sebang
Arongan135/07/04SK Pulau Sebang
Tanjung Rimau135/07/05SRA (JAIM) Padang Sebang
Padang Sebang135/07/06SK Padang Sebang
Paya Datuk135/07/07SRA (JAIM) Paya Datok
Pegoh135/07/08SK Pegoh
Ganun135/07/09SK Ganun
Pekan Gadek135/07/10SJK (C) Peng Min
Machap Jaya (N08)Tebong135/08/01SJK (T) Pekan Tebong
FELDA Hutan Percha135/08/02SK Hutan Percha
Kemuning135/08/03SK Kemuning
Solok Mengong135/08/04SK Menggong
Machap Baru135/08/05SJK (C) Machap Baru
Ayer Pasir135/08/06SRA (JAIM) Kampung Ayer Pasir Machap
Machap Umbor135/08/07SJK (C) Machap Umboo
Melaka Pindah135/08/08SK Lesong Batu
Durian Tunggal (N09)Parit Melana135/09/01SK Parit Melana
Belimbing Dalam135/09/02SK Belimbing Dalam
Bukit Tambun135/09/03SK Durian Tungal
Pekan Durian Tungal135/09/04SMK Durian Tungal
Gangsa135/09/05SK Gangsa
Asahan (N10)Simpang Tebong135/10/01SJK (C) On Lok
Pekan Selandar135/10/02SJK (C) Chiao Chee
Bukit Sedanan135/10/03SK Seri Machap Bukit Sedanan
Batang Melaka 135/10/04SK Batang Melaka
Jus135/10/05SK Jus
Bukit Senggeh135/10/06SK Bukit Senggeh
Pekan Nyalas135/10/07SK Nyalas
FELDA Bukit Senggeh135/10/08SK (FELDA) Bukit Senggeh
Pondok Batang135/10/09SK Masjid Baru
Ladang Bukit Asahan135/10/10SJK (T) Ladang Bukit Asahan
Pekan Asahan135/10/11SK Asahan

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Alor Gajah
Parliament NoYears Member Party
Constituency created, renamed from Malacca Utara
P0951974–1978 Abdul Ghafar Baba
(عبدالغفار بابا)
1978–1982 Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik
(عبدالرحيم ثمبي چئ)
1982–1986 Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam
(محمد أديب محمد آدم)
P1101986–1990
1990–1995 Ibrahim Jendol
(إبراهيم جندول)
P1201995–1999 Abu Seman Yusop
(أبو ثمن يوسوڤ)
1999–2004
P1352004–2008¹ Fong Chan Onn
(冯镇安)
2008–2013
2013–2018 Koh Nai Kwong
(古乃光)
2018–2020 Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof
(محمد رضوان مد يوسف)
2020–2022
2022–present Adly Zahari
(عدلي ظهري)

Note: 1Noted that in 2004 redelineation exercise this Alor Gajah constituency is now shifted east to Alor Gajah city centre from former Selandar constituency, not Masjid Tanah which now renamed as Masjid Tanah.

State constituency

ParliamentaryconstituencyState constituency
1955–59*1959–19741974–19861986–19951995–20042004–20182018–present
Alor GajahAsahan
Durian Tunggal
Gadek
Kelemak
Kuala Linggi
MachapMachap
Machap Jaya
Masjid Tanah
Melekek
Ramuan China
Rembia
Sungai Bahru
Sungai Udang
Sungei Bahru
Taboh Naning

Current state assembly members

No.State ConstituencyMemberCoalition (Party)
N06RembiaMuhammad Jailani Khamis
N07GadekShanmugam Ptcyhay
N08Machap JayaNgwe Hee Sem
N09Durian TunggalZahari Kalil
N10AsahanFairul Nizam Roslan

Local governments & postcodes

!No.!State Constituency!Local Government!Postcode
N6RembiaAlor Gajah Municipal Council
  • 75350 Melaka
  • 76100 Durian Tunggal
  • 77100 Asahan
  • 77500 Selandar
  • 78000 Alor Gajah
N7Gadek
N8Machap Jaya
N9Durian Tunggal
N10AsahanJasin Municipal Council

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kawasanku. Department of Statistics Malaysia. 2023-09-24. 2023-09-24. en.
  2. Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 10 April 2018. 2020-01-29. ms. 25 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
  3. Laporan Kajian Semula Persempadanan Mengenai Syor-Syor Yang Dicadangkan Bagi Bahagian-Bahagian Pilihan Raya Persekutuan Dan Negeri Di Dalam Negeri-Negeri Tanah Melayu Kali Keenam Tahun 2018 Jilid 1. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018. 2020-01-29. ms. 2018-04-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412212213/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/Jilid%201%20Kajian%20Semula%20Persempadanan%20V2.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Portal Akta . 2022-11-03 . 2022-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119123334/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf . dead .

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