Jitra (state constituency)

Jitra
Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Haim Hilman Abdullah; PN
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Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	63,059

Constituency created1959

First contested1959

Jitra is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Jitra (N06)	Paya Kemunting	006/06/01	SJK (T) Paya Kemunting
	Kampung Kuluang	006/06/02	SK Binjal
	Malau	006/06/03	SK Malau
	Padang Panjang	006/06/04	SK Malau
	Wang Tepus	006/06/05	SK Penghulu Hj Darus
	Taman Jitra Jaya	006/06/06	SK Jitra
	Taman Rasa Sayang	006/06/07	SJK (C) Chung Hwa
	Taman Pasu	006/06/08	SK Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin
	Kampung Telok Nibong	006/06/09	SK Jitra 3
	Kampung Batu 13	006/06/10	SMK Paya Kemunting
	Taman Jitra	006/06/11	SMK Jitra
	Pantai Halban	006/06/12	SK Bandar Baru Darulaman
	Kampung Tok Kesop	006/06/13	SK Jitra 2
	Tanah Merah	006/06/14	SMK Tanjung Pauh
	Kampung Telok Malik	006/06/15	SK Telok Malek
	Kampung Naga	006/06/16	SK Padang Pekan
	Lubuk Kawah	006/06/17	SMK Sultan Abdul Halim
	Taman Mahsuri	006/06/18	SMK Bandar Baru Darulaman
	Alor Rambai	006/06/19	SMK Tuanku Anum Tuanku Abdul Rahman
	Lubok Batu	006/06/20	SK Seri Banai
	Bukit Tinggi	006/06/21	SK Bukit Tinggi
	Kepala Batas	006/06/22	SK Kepala Batas

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Jitra
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959–1964	Omar Salleh	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964–1965	Omar Salleh
	1965–1969	Mohamed Zain Ahmad
	1969–1971	State assembly was suspended
3rd	1971–1974	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff	Alliance (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978		BN (UMNO)
5th	1978–1982
6th	1982–1986
7th	1986–1990
8th	1990–1995
9th	1995–1999
10th	1999–2004	Othman Ishak
11th	2004–2008	Othman Ishak
12th	2008–2013	Saad Man
13th	2013–2018	Aminuddin Omar
14th	2018–2020	Mukhriz Mahathir	PH (BERSATU)
	2020		BERSATU
	2020–2023		PEJUANG
15th	2023–present	Haim Hilman Abdullah	PN (PAS)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Mukhriz Mahathir	18,852	55.58	55.58
	BN	Aminuddin Omar	8,003	23.59	31.32
	PAS	Ahmad Azhar Abdullah	7,064	20.83	24.26
Total valid votes			33,919	100.00
Total rejected ballots			333
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			34,381	83.31	3.99
Registered electors			41,267
Majority			10,849	31.99	22.17
	PH gain from BN		Swing		?

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Aminuddin Omar	17,094	54.91	0.25
	PAS	Rohani Abd Muttalib	14,038	45.09	0.25
Total valid votes			31,132	100.00
Total rejected ballots			394
Unreturned ballots			182
Turnout			31,078	87.30	8.55
Registered electors			36,322
Majority			3,056	9.82	0.50
	BN hold		Swing

History

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saad Man	12,065	55.16	8.65
	PAS	Rohani Abd Muttalib	9,807	44.84	8.65
Total valid votes			21,872	100.00
Total rejected ballots			373
Unreturned ballots			67
Turnout			22,312	78.75	2.64
Registered electors			28,331
Majority			2,258	10.32	17.30
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Othman Ishak	13,297	63.81	1.80
	PAS	Rohani Abd Muttalib	7,541	36.19	1.80
Total valid votes			20,838	100.00
Total rejected ballots			372
Unreturned ballots			59
Turnout			21,269	81.39	3.17
Registered electors			26,131
Majority			5,756	27.62	3.60
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Othman Ishak	10,928	62.01	4.24
	PAS	Mat Nanyan	6,694	37.99	4.24
Total valid votes			17,622	100.00
Total rejected ballots			381
Unreturned ballots			21
Turnout			18,024	78.22	1.57
Registered electors			23,042
Majority			4,234	24.02	8.48
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff	9,483	57.77	21.34
	PAS	Abu Kassim Lebai Abdullah	6,933	42.23	42.23
Total valid votes			16,416	100.00
Total rejected ballots			300
Unreturned ballots			40
Turnout			16,727	76.65	0.81
Registered electors			21,822
Majority			2,550	15.54	42.68
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff	15,083	79.11	5.99
	S46	Abd Rashid Mohd Salleh	3,982	20.89	20.89
Total valid votes			19,065	100.00
Total rejected ballots			785
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			19,862	77.46	4.62
Registered electors			25,976
Majority			11,101	58.22	10.66
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff	12,876	73.78	0.28
	PAS	Mohd. Kamal Haji Ismail	4,577	26.22	0.28
Total valid votes			17,453	100.00
Total rejected ballots			533
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			17,986	72.84	3.58
Registered electors			24,692
Majority			8,299	47.56	0.46
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff	11,851	73.55	9.94
	PAS	Mohamad @ Mohd Salleh Yaacob	4,262	26.45	9.94
Total valid votes			16,113	100.00
Total rejected ballots			367
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			16,480	76.42	0.33
Registered electors			21,564
Majority			7,589	47.10	19.88
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff	8,508	63.61	63.61
	PAS	Ahmad Yusof	4,868	36.39	36.39
Total valid votes			13,376	100.00
Total rejected ballots			662
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			14,038	76.75
Registered electors			18,291
Majority			3,640	27.22
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On Nomination Day, Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff won uncontested.
	BN	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			16,774
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Osman @ Mohd Daud Aroff	7,637	59.49	8.12
	PMIP	Ayob Haji Jasin	5,193	40.51	8.12
Total valid votes			12,820	100.00
Total rejected ballots			899
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			13,719	77.60	5.55
Registered electors			17,690
Majority			2,434	18.98	16.24
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mohamed Zain Ahmad	7,297	67.61	7.79
	PMIP	Abu Bakar Omar	3,495	32.39	7.79
Total valid votes			10,792	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,986	72.05	5.35
Registered electors			15,248
Majority			3,802	35.22	15.58
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Haji Omar Haji Salleh	7,974	75.40	3.12
	PMIP	Abdul Rahim Hassan	2,601	24.60	3.12
Total valid votes			10,575	100.00
Total rejected ballots			698
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,273	77.40	1.10
Registered electors			14,564
Majority			5,373	50.80	6.24
	Alliance hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Haji Omar Haji Salleh	6,267	78.52
	PMIP	Lebai Isa Haji Muhammad	1,714	21.48
Total valid votes			17,981	100.00
Total rejected ballots			415
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			8,396	78.50
Registered electors			10,700
Majority			4,553	57.04
This was a new constituency created.