Guar Sanji (state constituency)

Guar Sanji
Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
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Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	9,233

Guar Sanji is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was created in 1984. It was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Guar Sanji is Mohd Ridzuan Hashim from Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).

Definition

The Guar Sanji constituency contains the polling districts of Guar Sanji, Kampong Sena, Behor Mentalon, Chemumar, Serdang and Changkat Jawi.[2]

Ethnic breakdown of Guar Sanji's electorate as of 2018[3]

Malay (97.36%)

Chinese (2.04%)

Indian (0.38%)

Orang Asli (0.01%)

Other ethnicities (0.13%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district	Electors
Guar Sanji	1,878
Kampong Sena	1,810
Behor Mentalon	1,261
Chemumar	1,035
Serdang	1,804
Changkat Jawi	743
Total	8,531
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Guar Sanji
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
7th	1986-1990	Taib Ismail	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990-1995	Abdul Aziz Saad
9th	1995-1999	Arof Saad
10th	1999-2004	Ahmad Ali	PAS
11th	2004-2008	Jafperi Othman	BN (UMNO)
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2013–present	Mohd Ridzuan Hashim	GS (PAS)

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jafperi Othman	4,235	56.14	+ 0.96
	PAS	Zulmi Sabri	3,308	43.86	- 0.96
Total valid votes			7,543	100.00
Total rejected ballots			82
Unreturned ballots			14
Turnout			7,639	87.57
Registered electors			8,723
Majority			927
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-10.

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Ahmad Ali	3,318	55.00	+ 7.82
	BN	Azib Saad	2,715	45.00	- 7.82
Total valid votes			6,033	100.00
Total rejected ballots			123
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			6,157	84.32
Registered electors			7,302
Majority			603
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Taib Ismail	2,697	64.28
	PAS	Mahamood Mohd Noor	1,499	35.72
Total valid votes			4,196	100.00
Total rejected ballots			177
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,373	73.48
Registered electors			5,951
Majority			1,198
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