Gambir (state constituency) explained

Gambir
State:Johor
State-Rep:Sahrihan Jani
State-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:2003
State-Election-First:2004
State-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:39,049
Demo-Electors:29,434
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:219

Gambir is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Gambir constituency has a total of 15 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Gambir(N09)Kampung Babok144/09/01SJK (C) Kok Beng
Sengkang144/09/02SK Sengkang
Sawah Ring144/09/03SK Sawah Ring
Bukit Gambir144/09/04SMK Bukit Gambir
Parit Kassan144/09/05SK Parit Kassan
Simpang Lima144/09/06SK Simpang 5 Pekan
Parit Bilah144/09/07Balai Raya Kampung Sungai Bilah
Pekan Bukit Gambir Barat144/09/08SK Bukit Gambir
Pekan Bukit Gambir Timur144/09/09SA Bukit Gambir
Pekan Bukit Gambir Utara144/09/10SJK (C) Chian Kuo
Ladang Sagil144/09/11SJK (T) Ladang Sagil
Bandar Sagil Luar144/09/12SJK (C) Chee Chuin
Sagil144/09/13SK Sagil Kampong
Kampong Sri Jaya144/09/14SK Serom 8
Parit Zin144/09/15SJK (C) Khay Hian

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gambir
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Serom and Tangkak
11th2004–2008M Asojan Muniyandy
12th2008–2013
13th2013–2018
14th 2018–2020
2020–2022
15th 2022–presentSahrihan Jani

Notes and References

  1. News: Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14). The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081855/https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html. 11 May 2018. live. 16 April 2019.
  2. Web site: Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]]. 2019-01-03. 2018-03-30. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia.