Gemas (state constituency) explained

Gemas
State:Negeri Sembilan
State-Rep:Ridzuan Ahmad
State-Rep-Party:Perikatan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1959
State-Election-First:1959
State-Election-Last:2023
Demo-Electors:29,648
Demo-Electors-Date:2023

Gemas is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Polling Districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Gemas constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Gemas(N34)FELDA Jelai 1 & 3133/34/01SK Jelai 1
Pasir Besar133/35/02Balai Raya Kampung Pasir Besar Gemas
FELDA Pasir Besar133/34/03SK (FELDA) Pasir Besar
Kampong Ladang133/35/04SK Kampong Lalang
Pekan Gemas133/34/05SK Gemas
Taman Sentosa133/34/06SMK Gemas
FELDA Jelai 2 &4 133/34/07SK Jelai 2 (FELDA)

Representation History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gemas
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
1st1959-1962Fong Yew Wang
1962Socialist Front (Lab)
1962-1964Goh Boon Tah
2nd1964-1969Lim Heng Seng
1969-1971Assembly dissolved
3rd1971-1974Lim Heng Seng
4th1974-1978Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Hashim
5th1978-1982
6th1982-1986
7th1986-1990Mohd Yassin Bakar
8th1990-1995
9th1995-1999
10th1999-2004
11th2004-2008Jamluz Aziz
12th2008-2013Zainab Nasir
13th2013-2018Abdul Razak Said
14th2018-2023
15th2023–presentRidzuan Ahmad

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan .
  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.