Parit Raja (state constituency)

{{Infobox Malaysia electoral district

| name = Parit Raja

| state = Johor

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| state-rep = Nor Rashidah Ramli

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| state-rep-party = Barisan Nasional

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| state-status = active

| state-created = 1974

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| state-election-first = 1974

| state-election-last = 2022

| demo-census-date =2020

| demo-pop =94,504

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| demo-electors = 36,059

| demo-electors-date = 2022

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| demo-area = 153

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Parit Raja is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.{{cite news

| title = Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)

| work = The Star

| publication-place = Petaling Jaya

| date = 23 March 2019

| url = https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081855/https://election.thestar.com.my/johor.html

| archive-date = 11 May 2018

| url-status = live

| access-date = 16 April 2019

}} {{Small|(Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)}}

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.

Demographics

{{Pie chart|thumb=left|value1=73.73|value2=23.49|value3=1.83|value4=0.72|color4=yellow|color3=orange|color2=red|color1=green|caption=Ethnic breakdown of Parit Raja's electorate as of 2022|label1=Malay|label2=Chinese|label3=Indian|label4=Other ethnicities|value5=0.13|value6=0.1|color5=blue|color6=pink|label5=Sabah Bumiputera|label6=Sarawak Bumiputera}}

History

= Polling districts =

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Parit Raja constituency has a total of 17 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 }}

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!State constituency

!Polling Districts

!Code

!Location

rowspan="17" |Parit Raja(N22)

|Taman Sri Saga

|149/22/01

|SMK Munshi Sulaiman

Broleh Selatan

|149/22/02

|Blok Bistari, Institut Pendidikan Guru, Kampus Tun Hussein Onn Batu Pahat

Batu Enam

|149/22/03

|SJK (C) Panchor

Sri Gading

|149/22/04

|SK Sri Gading

Bandar Sri Gading

|149/22/05

|SJK (C) Chong Hwa Sri Gading

Tanjong Sembrong

|149/22/06

|SK Tg Semberong

Bandar Parit Raja Utara

|149/22/07

|SMK Tun Ismail

Bandar Parit Raja Selatan

|149/22/08

|SK Parit Raja

Pintas Puding

|149/22/09

|SK Pintas Puding

Parit Jelutong

|149/22/10

|SK Jelutong

Pintas Raya

|149/22/11

|SK Pintas Raya

Sri Gading Estate

|149/22/12

|SJK (T) Sri Gading

Parit Kampong Baru

|149/22/13

|SK Seri Aman

Parit Sri Pandan

|149/22/14

|SK Seri Pandan

Parit Lapis Sempadan

|149/22/15

|SK Seri Puleh

Parit Raja

|149/22/16

|SMA Parit Raja

Parit Sri Menanti

|149/22/17

|SK Seri Timbul

=Representation history=

class=wikitable
colspan=4| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Parit Raja
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
colspan=4 align=center| Constituency created from Ayer Hitam
4th

|1974-1978

| Yusak Nawawi

|rowspan="14" bgcolor="{{party color|Barisan Nasional|BN}}" | {{Font color|white| BN (UMNO)}}

5th

|1978-1982

| rowspan="2" |Sharif Lassim

6th

|1982-1986

rowspan="2" |7th

|1986-1988

| Syed Zain Edros Al-Shahab

1988-1990

| Mohd. Yasin Kamari

8th

|1990-1995

| rowspan="2" |Zahar Bachik

9th

|1995-1999

10th

|1999-2004

| Ali Shikh Ahmad

11th

|2004-2008

| rowspan="2" |Ab Aziz Kaprawi

12th

|2008-2013

13th

|2013-2018

| Azizah Zakaria

14th

|2018-2022

| rowspan="2" |Nor Rashidah Ramli

15th

|2022–present

Election results

{{MASelec/top|Johor|2022|Parit Raja (state constituency)|Parit Raja|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{MASelec|Barisan Nasional|Nor Rashidah Ramli|10,634|49.57}}

{{MASelec|Perikatan Nasional|Zulkifli Mat Daud|6,415|29.90|{{increase}} 29.90}}

{{MASelec|Malaysian United Democratic Alliance|Fikri Musa|3,893|18.15|{{increase}} 18.15}}

{{MASelec|Homeland Fighter's Party|Lateed Mahrani|510|2.38|{{increase}} 2.38}}

{{MASelec/total|Total valid votes|21,452|100.00}}

{{MASelec/total|Total rejected ballots|341}}

{{MASelec/total|Unreturned ballots|164}}

{{MASelec/total|Turnout|21,957|60.90}}

{{MASelec/total|Registered electors|36,059}}

{{MASelec/total|Majority|4,219|19.67}}

{{MASelec/hold|Barisan Nasional||}}

{{MASelec/source || |hide={{Cite web

| url = http://prn.bernama.com/johor/index-bm.php#counts

| title = Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR

| website = prn.bernama.com

| access-date = 2022-03-29

}}{{cite web | url=https://dashboard.spr.gov.my/#!/dun/01/N.22 | title=Dashboard SPR }}}}

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References

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