Palong (state constituency)
{{short description|Political subdivision in Malaysia}}
{{Infobox Malaysia electoral district|name=Palong|state=Negeri Sembilan|image=|image_map=|caption=|coordinates=|coordinates_caption=|coordinates_date=|state-rep=Mustapha Nagoor|state-rep-link=|state-rep-party=Barisan Nasional|state-rep-party-link=|state-status=active|state-created=1984|state-abolished=|state-election-first=1986|state-election-last=2023|demo-census-date=|demo-pop=|demo-pop-ref=|demo-electors=23,494|demo-electors-date=2023|demo-electors-ref=|demo-area=|demo-area-ref=|demo-cd=|demo-csd=}}Palong 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 1986 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 chart|thumb=left|value1=92.10|value2=5.84|value3=1.63|value4=0.43|color4=yellow|color3=red|color2=orange|color1=green|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Palong'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}}|label1=Malay|label2=Indian|label3=Chinese|label4=Other ethnicities}}
History
= Polling Districts =
According to the Gazette issued on 17 July 2023, the Palong constituency has a total of 9 polling districts.[https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1837478/PUB271_2023.pdf Federal Gazette] gov.my 17 July 2023 Retrieved 18 August 2023
| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible"
!State Constituency !Polling Districts !Code !Location |
| rowspan="9" |Palong (N06)
|Palong 14, 15 & 16 |127/06/01 |SK Palong 14 |
| Palong 8
|127/06/02 |SK Palong 8 (FELDA) |
| Palong 12 & 13
|127/06/03 |SK (FELDA) Palong 12 |
| Palong 7
|127/06/04 |SK (FELDA) Palong 7 |
| Palong 9, 10 & 11
|126/02/05 |
|
| Palong 6
|127/06/06 |SMK Seri Perpatih |
| Palong 5
|127/06/07 |SK (FELDA) Palong 5 |
| Palong 4
|127/06/08 |SK (FELDA) Palong 4 |
| Palong 3
|127/06/09 |SK (FELDA) Palong 3 |
= Representation History =
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" |Members of Assembly for Palong |
| Assembly
!Years !Name !Party |
|---|
| colspan="4" |Constituency created from Jempol |
| 7th
|1986-1990 | rowspan="2" |Baharudin Hassan | rowspan="9" bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}} |
| 8th
|1990-1995 |
| 9th
|1995-1999 | rowspan="2" |Kamaruddin Mohd Din |
| 10th
|1999-2004 |
| 11th
|2004-2008 | rowspan="2" |Aziz Shamsudin |
| 12th
|2008-2013 |
| 13th
|2013-2018 |
| 14th
|2018-2023 | rowspan="2" |Mustapha Nagoor |
| 15th
|2023–present |
Election results
{{MASelec/top|Negeri Sembilan|2023|Palong (state constituency)|Palong|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Mustapha Nagoor|7,940|51.84|{{decrease}} 14.66}}
{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Noor Azman Parmin|7,376|48.16|{{increase}} 48.16}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|15,316|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|121|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|21|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|15,458|65.80|{{decrease}} 15.69}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|23,494|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|564|3.68|{{decrease}} 39.47}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
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{{MASelec/top|Negeri Sembilan|2018|Palong (state constituency)|Palong|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Mustapha Nagoor|9,575|66.15|{{decrease}} 14.66}}
{{MASelec|PH (2018)|Nor Arzemi Nordin|3,329|23.00|{{increase}} 23.00}}
{{MASelec|Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|Masdi Musa|1,571|10.85|{{increase}} 10.85}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|14,475|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|246|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|86|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|14,807|81.49|{{decrease}} 5.70}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|18,170|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|6,246|43.15|{{decrease}} 18.47}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
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{{MASelec/top|Negeri Sembilan|2013|Palong (state constituency)|Palong|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Lilah Yasin|11,090|80.81|}}
{{MASelec|People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|Rebin Birham|2,634|19.19|}}
{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|13,724|100.00}}
{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|209|}}
{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|55|}}
{{MASelec/total|Turnout|13,988|87.19}}
{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|16,044|}}
{{MASelec/total|Majority|8,456|61.62}}
{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional|}}
{{MASelec/source|||hide=}}
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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 }}
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