Guar Sanji
State constituency in Perlis, Malaysia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guar Sanji is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.
 Perlis constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Perlis State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
Vacant | ||
| Constituency created | 1984 | ||
| First contested | 1986 | ||
| Last contested | 2022 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2018)[1] | 11,510 | ||
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[update], the State Assemblyman for Guar Sanji is Mohd Ridzuan Hashim from Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS).
Definition
Polling districts
According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Guar Sanji constituency is divided into 6 polling districts.[2]
| State constituency | Polling Districts | Code | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guar Sanji (N13) | Guar Sanji | 003/13/01 | SK Arau |
| Kampong Sena | 003/13/02 | SK Jelempok | |
| Behor Mentalon | 003/13/03 | SMK Syed Ahmad | |
| Chemumar | 003/13/04 | SK Raja Perempuan Budriah | |
| Serdang | 003/18/05 | SK Kampong Serdang | |
| Changkat Jawi | 003/13/06 | SK Changkat Jawi | |
Demographics
| 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] | |
History
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Guar Sanji | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | No | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Oran, Bandar Arau and Kurong Anai | ||||
| 7th | N12 | 1986–1990 | Taib Ismail | BN (UMNO) |
| 8th | 1990–1995 | Abdul Aziz Saad | ||
| 9th | N13 | 1995–1999 | Arof Saad | |
| 10th | 1999–2004 | Ahmad Ali | PAS | |
| 11th | 2004–2008 | Jafperi Othman | BN (UMNO) | |
| 12th | 2008–2013 | |||
| 13th | 2013–2018 | |||
| 14th | 2018–2020 | Mohd Ridzuan Hashim | PAS | |
| 2020–2022 | PN (PAS) | |||
| 15th | 2022–2025 | |||
| 2025 | Independent | |||
| 2025–present | Vacant | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PN | Mohd Ridzuan Hashim | 6,717 | 74.20 |  74.20 | |
| BN | Rozieana Ahmad | 1,616 | 17.85 |  20.02 | |
| PH | Hasparizal Hassan | 601 | 6.64 | 6.64 | |
| PEJUANG | Abdul Malik Abdullah | 119 | 1.31 | 1.31 | |
| Total valid votes | 9,053 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 140 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 17 | ||||
| Turnout | 9,210 | 78.65 | 5.02 | ||
| Registered electors | 11,510 | ||||
| Majority | 5,101 | 56.35 | 52.03 | ||
| PN hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Mohd Ridzuan Hashim | 3,199 | 42.19 | 1.67 | ||
| BN | Afifi Osman | 2,871 | 37.87 | 18.27 | ||
| PKR | Baridah Che Nayan | 1,512 | 19.94 | 19.94 | ||
| Total valid votes | 7,582 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 103 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 40 | |||||
| Turnout | 7,725 | 83.67 | 3.90 | |||
| Registered electors | 9,233 | |||||
| Majority | 328 | 4.32 | 7.96 | |||
| PAS gain from BN | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| 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 | 3.27 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,723 | |||||
| Majority | 927 | 12.28 | 1.92 | |||
| 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.[permanent dead link] "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.[permanent dead link] | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Jafperi Othman | 3,736 | 55.18 | 4.08 | ||
| PAS | Ahmad Adnan Fadzil | 3,034 | 44.82 | 4.08 | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,770 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 93 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 16 | |||||
| Turnout | 6,879 | 84.30 | 2.09 | |||
| Registered electors | 8,160 | |||||
| Majority | 702 | 10.36 | 8.16 | |||
| BN hold | Swing | |||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Jafperi Othman | 3,378 | 51.10 | 6.10 | ||
| PAS | Ahmad Ali | 3,233 | 48.90 | 6.10 | ||
| Total valid votes | 6,611 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 97 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,708 | 86.39 | 2.07 | |||
| Registered electors | 7,765 | |||||
| Majority | 145 | 2.20 | 7.80 | |||
| BN gain from PAS | Swing | ? | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
| 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 | 0 | |||||
| Turnout | 4,373 | 73.48 | ||||
| Registered electors | 5,951 | |||||
| Majority | 1,198 | 28.56 | ||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||