Kesidang Explained

Kesidang
State:Malacca
State-Rep:Allex Seah Shoo Chin
State-Rep-Party:Pakatan Harapan
State-Status:active
State-Created:2003
State-Election-First:2004
State-Election-Last:2021
Demo-Electors:37,304
Demo-Electors-Date:2021
Demo-Electors-Ref:[1]

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

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system., the State Assemblyman for Kesidang is Allex Seah Shoo Chin from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) which is a component parfy of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.[2]

Definition

The Kesidang constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Merdeka, Batu Berendam, Taman Melaka Baru, Malim Jaya, Bertam, Taman Asean, Kampung Padang, Bakar Batu and Limbongan.[3]

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Kesidang constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.[4]

State constituencyPolling districtsCodeLocation
Kesidang(N19)Taman Merdeka138/19/01
  • SK Taman Merdeka
  • SRA (JAIM) Taman Datuk Thamby Chik Karim
Batu Berendam138/19/02SK Batu Berendam
Taman Melaka Baru138/19/03SK Batu Berendam 2
Malim Jaya138/19/04SMK Malim
Bertam138/19/05SK Malim
Taman Asean138/19/06SJK (C) Malim
Kampung Padang138/19/07SRA (JAIM) Kampung Padang
Bakar Batu138/19/08SK Bachang
Limbongan138/19/09SK Tengkera 1

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kesidang
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Tengkera
11th2004 – 2008Koh Nai Kwong (古乃光)
12th2008 – 2013Goh Leong San (吴良山)
13th2013 – 2018Chin Choong Seong (陈仲祥)
14th2018 – 2021 Allex Seah Shoo Chin (谢守钦)
15th2021–present

Notes and References

  1. 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.
  2. Web site: Malacca urged to put off disposing of documents to avoid misunderstanding.
  3. 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. 2019-03-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20190328131558/http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20160429_P.U.(B)197.pdf. dead.
  4. Web site: Federal Government Gazette, Notice Under Subregulation 11(5A), Polling Hours for the Fifteenth General Election . Attorney General's Chambers. 31 October 2022.