Kempas (state constituency) explained

Kempas
State:Johor
State-Rep:Ramlee Bohani
State-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1994
State-Election-First:1995
State-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:102,118
Demo-Electors:62,011
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:21

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

The state constituency was first contested in 1995 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 Kempas constituency has a total of 14 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Kempas(N47)Kempas161/47/01SMK Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat
Permatang161/47/02SA Kempas Baru
Lembah Kempas161/47/03SK Kempas
Jalan Tampoi161/47/04SK Taman Damansara Aliff
Denai161/47/05SK Seri Kenanga
Taman Siantan161/47/06SK Perumahan Tampoi 2
Taman Johor161/47/07SMK Sri Rahmat
Taman Cempaka161/47/08SA Taman Cempaka
Taman Dahlia161/47/09SK Seri Melati
Taman Kobena161/47/10SA Perumahan MARA
Desa Rahmat161/47/11SMK Dato Abdul Rahman Yassin
Pekan Tampoi162/47/12SJK (C) Tampoi
Bukit Mewah162/47/13SK Taman Bukit Mewah
Bukit Kempas162/47/14SK Taman Bukit Kempas

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kempas
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Gelang Patah dan Tambatan
9th1995-1999Abdul Kadir Annuar
10th1999-2004Osman Sapian
11th2004-2008
12th2008-2013
13th2013-2018Tengku Putra Haron Aminurrashid Tengku Hamid Jumat
14th2018-2020Osman Sapian
2020-2021
2021-2022Vacant[3]
15th 2022–presentRamlee Bohani

Notes

  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 Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]]. 29 April 2016. Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2016-07-08. 2019-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328131558/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20160429_P.U.(B)197.pdf. dead.
  3. Vacant from 21 December 2021 until the 2022 state election due to the incumbent's death in office. His death eventually triggered the state to hold its election much earlier due to the term supposedly end in mid-2023.