Gemas (state constituency)
{{short description|Political subdivision in Malaysia}}
{{Infobox Malaysia electoral district|name=Gemas|state=Negeri Sembilan|image=|image_map=|caption=|coordinates=|coordinates_caption=|coordinates_date=|state-rep=Ridzuan Ahmad|state-rep-link=|state-rep-party=Perikatan Nasional|state-rep-party-link=|state-status=active|state-created=1959|state-abolished=|state-election-first=1959|state-election-last=2023|demo-census-date=|demo-pop=|demo-pop-ref=|demo-electors=29,648|demo-electors-date=2023|demo-electors-ref=|demo-area=|demo-area-ref=|demo-cd=|demo-csd=}}Gemas is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.{{cite web | url=https://election.thestar.com.my/ge14/negerisembilan.html | title=14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan }}
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.
Demographics
{{Pie graph|thumb=left|value1=83.34|value2=7.73|value3=4.84|value4=4.09|color4=yellow|color3=orange|color2=red|color1=green|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Gemas's electorate as of 2023{{Cite web|title=15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview|url=https://live.chinapress.com.my/ge15/2023election/Sembilan|access-date=2023-08-21|website=live.chinapress.com}}|label2=Chinese|label1=Malay|label3=Indian|label4=Other ethnicities}}
History
=Polling Districts=
According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Gemas constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.{{Cite web|url=http://www.federalgazette.agc.gov.my/outputp/pub_20180330_PU%20B%20157.pdf|title=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]|access-date=2019-01-03|date=2018-03-30|publisher=Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="white-space:nowrap;font-size:90%"
!State constituency !Polling districts !Code !Location |
| rowspan="7" |Gemas（N34）
|FELDA Jelai 1 & 3 |133/34/01 |SK Jelai 1 |
| Pasir Besar
|133/35/02 |Balai Raya Kampung Pasir Besar Gemas |
| FELDA Pasir Besar
|133/34/03 |SK (FELDA) Pasir Besar |
| Kampong Ladang
|133/35/04 |SK Kampong Lalang |
| Pekan Gemas
|133/34/05 |SK Gemas |
| Taman Sentosa
|133/34/06 |SMK Gemas |
| FELDA Jelai 2 &4
|133/34/07 |SK Jelai 2 (FELDA) |
=Representation History=
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Members of the Legislative Assembly for Gemas |
| Assembly
!Years !Member !Party |
|---|
| colspan="4" align="center" |Constituency created |
| rowspan="3" |1st
|1959-1962 | rowspan="2" |Fong Yew Wang | bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (MCA)}} |
| 1962
|bgcolor="{{party color|Malayan Peoples' Socialist Front}}"| Socialist Front (Lab) |
| 1962-1964
|Goh Boon Tah | rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (MCA)}} |
| 2nd
|1964-1969 |Lim Heng Seng |
| |1969-1971
| colspan="2" |Assembly dissolved |
| 3rd
|1971-1974 |Lim Heng Seng |bgcolor="{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance}}" | {{Font color|white| Alliance (MCA)}} |
| 4th
|1974-1978 | rowspan="3" |Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Hashim | rowspan="11" bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}} |
| 5th
|1978-1982 |
| 6th
|1982-1986 |
| 7th
|1986-1990 | rowspan="4" |Mohd Yassin Abu Bakar |
| 8th
|1990-1995 |
| 9th
|1995-1999 |
| 10th
|1999-2004 |
| 11th
|2004-2008 |Jamluz Aziz |
| 12th
|2008-2013 |Zainab Nasir |
| 13th
|2013-2018 | rowspan="2" |Abdul Razak Said |
| 14th
|2018-2023 |
| 15th
|2023–present |bgcolor="{{party color|Perikatan Nasional|PN}}" | {{Font color|white| PN (BERSATU)}} |
Election results
{{MASelec/top|Negeri Sembilan|2023|Gemas (state constituency)|Gemas|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Ridzuan Ahmad|11,653|57.73|{{increase}} 57.73}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Abdul Razak Said|8,533|42.27|{{decrease}} 13.89}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|20,186| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|251|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|16|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|20,453|68.99|{{decrease}} 11.30}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|29,648|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|3,120|15.46|{{decrease}} 11.74}}
{{MASelec/gain|Perikatan Nasional|Barisan Nasional|?}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Negeri Sembilan|2018|Gemas (state constituency)|Gemas|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Abdul Razak Said|9,853|56.16|{{decrease}} 22.30}}
{{MASelec|Pakatan Harapan|Baharuddin Arif Siri|5,081|28.96|{{increase}} 28.96}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Abdul Halim Abu Bakar|2,612|14.89|{{increase}} 14.89}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|17,546| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|283|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|91|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|17,920|80.29|{{decrease}} 5.67}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|22,318|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|4,772|27.20|{{decrease}} 29.72}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Negeri Sembilan|2013|Gemas (state constituency)|Gemas|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Abdul Razak Said|15,040|78.46|{{decrease}} 0.70}}
{{MASelec|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|Karip Mohd Salleh|4,129|21.54|{{increase}} 21.54}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|19,169| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|351|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|53|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|19,573|85.96|{{increase}} 6.78}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|22,771|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|10,911|56.92|{{decrease}} 1.40}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
{{end}}
{{MASelec/top|Negeri Sembilan|2008|Gemas (state constituency)|Gemas|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Zainab Nasir|10,811|79.16|}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Mohd Ali Maarof|2,846|20.84|}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|13,657| 100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|345|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|224|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|14,226|79.18}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|17,966|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|7,965|58.32}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
{{end}}
References
- {{cite web |url=http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya |work=Election Commission of Malaysia |access-date=2016-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424120924/http://www.spr.gov.my/index.php/component/content/article?layout=edit&id=74= |archive-date=2016-04-24 |url-status=dead }}
{{reflist}}
{{coord missing|Malaysia}}
Category:Negeri Sembilan state constituencies
{{Malaysia-geo-stub}}