| Arau (P003) | |
| State: | Perlis |
| Fed-Rep: | Shahidan Kassim |
| Fed-Rep-Party: | Perikatan Nasional |
| Fed-Status: | active |
| Fed-Created: | 1974 |
| Fed-Election-First: | 1974 |
| Fed-Election-Last: | 2022 |
| Demo-Census-Date: | 2020 |
| Demo-Pop: | 97332 |
| Demo-Pop-Ref: | [1] |
| Demo-Electors: | 60,876 |
| Demo-Electors-Date: | 2022 |
| Demo-Electors-Ref: | [2] |
| Demo-Area: | 222 |
| Demo-Area-Ref: | [3] |
Arau is a federal constituency in Perlis, 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.
According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Arau constituency is divided into 30 polling districts.[4]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pauh (N11) | Guar Gajah | 003/11/01 |
|
| Padang Siding | 003/11/02 | SK Pauh | |
| Pauh | 003/11/03 | SMK Tengku Budriah | |
| Istana | 003/11/04 | SK Tengku Budriah | |
| Pekan Arau | 003/11/05 | SJK (C) Hwa Aik | |
| Kubang Paya | 003/11/06 | SJK (C) Sin Min | |
| Tambun Tulang (N12) | Kubang Gajah | 003/12/01 | SK Kubang Gajah |
| Jejawi | 003/12/02 | SMK Syed Sirajuddin | |
| Kampong Banat | 003/12/03 | SMK Arau | |
| Kampong Surau | 003/12/04 | SK Utan Aji | |
| Mengkuang Layar | 003/12/05 | SK Long Boh | |
| Tambun Tulang | 003/12/06 | SK Tambun Tulang | |
| Guar Sanji (N13) | Guar Sanji | 003/13/01 | SK Arau |
| Kampong Sena | 003/13/02 | SK Jelempok | |
| Behor Mentalon | 003/13/03 | SMK Syed Ahmad | |
| Chemumar | 003/13/04 | SK Raja Perempuan Budriah | |
| Serdang | 003/18/05 | SK Kampong Serdang | |
| Changkat Jawi | 003/13/06 | SK Changkat Jawi | |
| Simpang Empat (N14) | Sungai Berembang | 003/14/01 | SK Sungai Berembang |
| Behor Mali | 003/14/02 | SK Bohor Mali | |
| Sungai Bahru | 003/14/03 | SK Sungai Baru | |
| Simpang Empat Che Kassim | 003/14/04 | SK Simpang Ampat | |
| Lat Seribu | 003/14/05 | SJK (C) Simpang Ampat | |
| 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 |
| Members of Parliament for Arau | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Perlis Selatan | ||||
| P002 | 1974–1978 | Syed Hassan Syed Mohamed (سيد حسن سيد محمد) | ||
| 1978–1982 | ||||
| 1982–1986 | Abdul Hamid Pawanteh (عبدالحميد ڤاوانتيه) | |||
| 1986–1990 | Shahidan Kassim (شهيدان كسسيم) | |||
| 1990–1995 | ||||
| P003 | 1995–1998 | Kamarudin Ahmad (كامرودين احمد) | ||
| 1998–1999 | Hashim Jasin (هشيم جاسين) | |||
| 1999–2004 | Mastika Junaidah Husin (مستيكا جنيده حسين) | |||
| 2004–2008 | Syed Razlan Syed Putra Jamallullail (سيد رزلن سيد ڤوترا جماللوللايل) | |||
| 2008–2013 | Ismail Kassim (اسماعيل كسسيم) | |||
| 2013–2018 | Shahidan Kassim (شهيدان كسسيم) | |||
| 2018–2022 | ||||
| 2022–present | ||||
| Parliamentaryconstituency | State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Arau | Bandar Arau | ||||||
| Guar Sanji | |||||||
| Kayang | |||||||
| Kota Raja | |||||||
| Kuala Perlis | |||||||
| Kurong Anai | |||||||
| Pauh | |||||||
| Sanglang | |||||||
| Simpang Empat | |||||||
| Tambun Tulang | |||||||
| Utan Aji | |||||||
| No. | State Constituency | Member | Coalition (Party) |
|---|---|---|---|
| N11 | Pauh | Megat Hashirat Hassan | |
| N12 | Tambun Tulang | Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak | |
| N13 | Guar Sanji | Mohd. Ridzuan Hashim | |
| N14 | Simpang Empat | Razali Saad | |
| N15 | Sanglang | Mohd. Shukri Ramli |
| P003 | Kangar Municipal Council |
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