Rantau (state constituency)

Rantau
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohamad Hasan; BN
;
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2023
Demographics
Electors (2023)	32,890

LegislatureNegeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly

MLA

Mohamad Hasan
BN

Constituency created1959

First contested1959

Rantau is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.^[2]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

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State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Rantau (N27)	Kampong Sendayan	131/27/01	SMK (FELDA) Seri Sendayan
	Sendayan	131/27/02	SJK (T) Bandar Sri Sendayan
	Taman Kelab Tuanku	131/27/03	Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Kelab Tuanku Mambau
	Kampong Mambau	131/27/04	SK Mambau
	Kampong Bemban	131/27/05	SJK (T) Ladang Shanghai Seremban
	Kuala Sawah	131/27/06	SK Nyatoh
	Kampong Sri Lalang	131/27/07	SK Datuk Akhir Zaman
	Kampong Sega	131/27/08	SK Sega
	Pekan Sagga	131/27/09	SJK (T) Ldg Sagga
	Rantau	131/27/10	SJK (C) Chung Hua Rantau
	Linsum	131/27/11	SK Dato' Raja Melana
	Kampong Siliau	131/27/12	SK Seliau
	Angsa Emas	131/27/13	Dewan Orang Ramai Taman Angsamas
	Bandar Ekar	132/27/14	SJK (T) Rantau

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Rantau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Gurnam Singh Gill	Socialist Front (Lab)
2nd	1964-1969	Ayakannu Vallisamy	Alliance (MIC)
	1969-1971	Assembly was dissolved
3rd	1971-1974	S. V. Veloo	Alliance (MIC)
4th	1974-1978	Sheikh Mohamed Hamid Mohamed Said	BN (UMNO)
5th	1978-1982	Sheikh Mohamed Hamid Mohamed Said
6th	1982-1986	Ustaz Ismail Lebai Kamat
7th	1986-1990	Muthu Palaniappan	BN (MIC)
8th	1990-1995	Muthu Palaniappan	BN (MIC)
9th	1995-1999	Hamdan Mohamad	BN (UMNO)
10th	1999-2004	Ab. Ghani Hassan
11th	2004-2008	Mohamad Hasan
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018-2023
15th	2023–present

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Hasan	16,957	71.75	8.53
	PN	Rozmal Malakan	6,677	28.25	28.25
Total valid votes			23,634	100.00
Total rejected ballots			161
Unreturned ballots			39
Turnout			23,834	72.47	6.84
Registered electors			32,890
Majority			10,280	43.50	16.08
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Hasan	10,397	63.22	63.22
	PH	Streram Sinnasamy	5,887	35.80	35.80
	Independent	Malar Rajaram	83	0.50	0.50
	Independent	Mohd Nor Yassin	79	0.48	0.48
Total valid votes			16,446
Total rejected ballots			146
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			16,596	79.31
Registered electors			20,926
Majority			4,510	27.42
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
On Nomination Day, Mohamad Hasan won uncontested.^[5]
	BN	Mohamad Hasan
Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			20,472
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Rantau (state constituency)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamad Hasan	10,126	64.75	1.42
	PKR	Aisah Lamsah	5,513	35.25	1.42
Total valid votes			15,639	100.00
Total rejected ballots			239
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			15,878	87.09	6.32
Registered electors			18,232
Majority			4,613	29.50	2.84
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 193/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.^{[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 Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 234/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.^{[permanent dead link]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohamad Hasan	7,739	66.17
	PKR	Aisah Lamsah	3,956	33.83
Total valid votes			11,695	100.00
Total rejected ballots			271
Unreturned ballots			250
Turnout			12,216	80.77
Registered electors			15,124
Majority			3,783	32.34
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) ^[6]