Parit Raja (state constituency) explained

Parit Raja
State:Johor
State-Rep:Nor Rashidah Ramli
State-Rep-Party:Barisan Nasional
State-Status:active
State-Created:1974
State-Election-First:1974
State-Election-Last:2022
Demo-Census-Date:2020
Demo-Pop:94,504
Demo-Electors:36,059
Demo-Electors-Date:2022
Demo-Area:153

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

The state constituency was first contested in 1974 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 24 March 2018, the Parit Raja constituency has a total of 17 polling districts.[2]

State constituencyPolling DistrictsCodeLocation
Parit Raja(N22)Taman Sri Saga149/22/01SMK Munshi Sulaiman
Broleh Selatan149/22/02Blok Bistari, Institut Pendidikan Guru, Kampus Tun Hussein Onn Batu Pahat
Batu Enam149/22/03SJK (C) Panchor
Sri Gading149/22/04SK Sri Gading
Bandar Sri Gading149/22/05SJK (C) Chong Hwa Sri Gading
Tanjong Sembrong149/22/06SK Tg Semberong
Bandar Parit Raja Utara149/22/07SMK Tun Ismail
Bandar Parit Raja Selatan149/22/08SK Parit Raja
Pintas Puding149/22/09SK Pintas Puding
Parit Jelutong149/22/10SK Jelutong
Pintas Raya149/22/11SK Pintas Raya
Sri Gading Estate149/22/12SJK (T) Sri Gading
Parit Kampong Baru149/22/13SK Seri Aman
Parit Sri Pandan149/22/14SK Seri Pandan
Parit Lapis Sempadan149/22/15SK Seri Puleh
Parit Raja149/22/16SMA Parit Raja
Parit Sri Menanti149/22/17SK Seri Timbul

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Parit Raja
Assembly Years Member Party
Constituency created from Ayer Hitam
4th1974-1978Yusak Nawawi
5th1978-1982Sharif Lassim
6th1982-1986
7th1986-1988Syed Zain Edros Al-Shahab
1988-1990Mohd. Yasin Kamari
8th1990-1995Zahar Bachik
9th1995-1999
10th1999-2004Ali Shikh Ahmad
11th2004-2008Ab Aziz Kaprawi
12th2008-2013
13th2013-2018Azizah Zakaria
14th2018-2022Nor Rashidah Ramli
15th2022–present

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.