Asahan (state constituency) explained

Asahan
State:	Malacca
State-Rep:	Fairul Nizam Roslan
State-Rep-Party:	Barisan Nasional
State-Status:	active
State-Created:	2003
State-Election-First:	2004
State-Election-Last:	2021
Demo-Electors:	15,745
Demo-Electors-Date:	2021
Demo-Electors-Ref:	^[1]
Demo-Area:	214
Demo-Area-Ref:	^[2]

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

The state constituency was first contested in 2003 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Definition

The Asahan constituency contains the polling districts of Simpang Tebong, Pekan Selandar, Bukit Sedanan, Batang Melaka, Jus, Bukit Senggeh, Pekan Nyalas, FELDA Bukit Senggeh, Pondok Batang, Ladang Bukit Asahan and Pekan Asahan.^[3]

History

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Asahan constituency has a total of 11 polling districts.^[4]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Asahan (N10)	Simpang Tebong	135/10/01	SJK (C) On Lok
	Pekan Selandar	135/10/02	SJK (C) Chiao Chee
	Bukit Sedanan	135/10/03	SK Seri Machap Bukit Sedanan
	Batang Melaka	135/10/04	SK Batang Melaka
	Jus	135/10/05	SK Jus
	Bukit Senggeh	135/10/06	SK Bukit Senggeh
	Pekan Nyalas	135/10/07	SK Nyalas
	FELDA Bukit Senggeh	135/10/08	SK (FELDA) Bukit Senggeh
	Pondok Batang	135/10/09	SK Masjid Baru
	Ladang Bukit Asahan	135/10/10	SJK (T) Ladang Bukit Asahan
	Pekan Asahan	135/10/11	SK Asahan

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Asahan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bukit Asahan
11th	2004–2008	Raghavan Raman
12th	2008–2013	R. Perumal
13th	2013–2018	Abdul Ghafar Atan
14th	2018–2021	Abdul Ghafar Atan
15th	2021–present	Fairul Nizam Roslan

Election results

The electoral results for the Asahan state constituency in 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018, 2021 are as follows.

Notes and References

Web site: Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018. Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. 2018-04-25. 12. ms. 2018-04-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180425183951/http://www.spr.gov.my/sites/default/files/HargaDPIST42017_PRU14.pdf. dead.
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. 2018-04-15. 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.
Web site: 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]]. 29 April 2016. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2016-06-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328131558/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20160429_P.U.(B)197.pdf. 28 March 2019. dead.
Web site: Portal Akta . 2023-02-19 . 2022-11-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119123334/https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1747650/PUB514.pdf . dead .