Yan (federal constituency)

Yan was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2004.

Yan

Kedah constituency
Defunct federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1995
Last contested	1999

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Yan
Parliament	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Jerai
9th	1995-1999	Badruddin Amiruldin	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999-2004	Nasharudin Mat Isa	PAS
Constituency abolished, renamed to Jerai

Election results

Malaysian general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Nasharudin Mat Isa	16,041	50.29
	BN	Badruddin Amiruldin	15,859	49.71
Total valid votes			31,900	100.00
Total rejected ballots			513
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			32,428	76.70
Registered electors
Majority			182
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Badruddin Amiruldin	16,755	57.45
	PAS	Mohd Najib Fahami Yahaya	12,412	42.55
Total valid votes			29,167	100.00
Total rejected ballots			874
Unreturned ballots			74
Turnout			30,115	74.07
Registered electors
Majority			4,343
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-20.