Kesidang (state constituency)

Kesidang is a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.

Kesidang
Malacca constituency
State constituency
LegislatureMalacca State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 		 
Seah Shoo Chin
PH
First contested2004
Last contested2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]37,355

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Kesidang is Seah Shoo Chin from the Democratic Action Party (DAP) which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).[2]

Definition

The Kesidang constituency contains the polling districts of Taman Merdeka, Batu Berendam, Taman Melaka Baru, Malim Jaya, Bertam, Taman Asean, Kampung Padang, Bakar Batu and Limbongan.[3]

History
Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kesidang
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created
11th 2004 – 2008 Koh Nai Kwong BN (MCA)
12th 2008 – 2013 Goh Leong San DAP
13th 2013 – 2018 Chin Choong Seong
14th 2018 – Seah Shoo Chin PH (DAP)

Election results
Malacca state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes%
PHSeah Shoo Chin22,88072.64
BNNg Choon Koon8,26826.25
IndependentGoh Leong San3491.11
Total valid votes 31,497100.00
Total rejected ballots 380
Unreturned ballots 93
Turnout 31,97085.58
Registered electors 37,355
Majority 14,612
PH hold Swing
Source(s)
[4][5]
Malacca state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes%
DAPChin Choong Seong9,44362.67
BNLim Eng Teck5,62537.33
Total valid votes 15,068100.00
Total rejected ballots 156
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 15,22486.51
Registered electors 17,597
Majority 3,818
DAP hold Swing
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.
Malacca state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%
DAPGoh Leong San7,24155.35
BNKoh Nai Kwong5,84244.65
Total valid votes 13,083100.00
Total rejected ballots 221
Unreturned ballots 21
Turnout 13,32580.89
Registered electors 16,472
Majority 1,399
DAP gain from BN Swing ?
Source(s)
[5]
Malacca state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%
BNKoh Nai Kwong6,84657.09
DAPLim Jak Wong5,14542.91
Total valid votes 11,991100.00
Total rejected ballots 240
Unreturned ballots 0
Turnout 12,23178.90
Registered electors 15,502
Majority 1,701
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s)
[5]
gollark: Hmm, I think you beat us...
gollark: <@237328509234708481> I think mine is shorter.
gollark: Oh no. Codegolfing...
gollark: I think the nonexistent function call will error too.
gollark: ```luaif a=="exit"or a=="quit"then e()end```

References
  1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  2. http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2018/05/15/malacca-urged-put-disposing-documents-avoid-misunderstanding
  3. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
  4. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Melaka". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  5. https://undi.info/melaka/r18/n19
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.