Utan Aji (state constituency)

Utan Aji
Perlis constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1959
Last contested	1990

Utan Aji was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1995.

LegislaturePerlis State Legislative Assembly

Constituency created1958

Constituency abolished1995

First contested1959

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The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Utan Aji
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Taharim Ariffin	PMIP
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974–1978
5th	1978-1982	Idrus Kassim
6th	1982–1986	Idrus Kassim
7th	1986-1990	Fadzil Mahmood
8th	1990–1995	Fadzil Mahmood
Constituency abolished, renamed to Tambun Tulang

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,708	64.49
	S46	Idrus Kassim	1,491	35.51
Total valid votes			4,199	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,348	79.26
Registered electors			5,486
Majority			1,217
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,270	64.31
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,260	35.69
Total valid votes			3,530	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,643	75.39
Registered electors			4,832
Majority			1,010
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Idrus Kassim	3,029	65.82
	PAS	Mohamad Noor	1,573	34.18
Total valid votes			4,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,731	79.55
Registered electors			5,947
Majority			1,456
	BN hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idrus Kassim	2,273	56.40
	PAS	Bakri Hashim	1,757	43.60
Total valid votes			4,030	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,228
Majority			516
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Utan Aji (state constituency)

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	2,096	61.72
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Saad Man	1,110	32.69
	Independent	Yusof Osman	190	5.59
Total valid votes			3,396	100.00
Total rejected ballots			365
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,761	82.71
Registered electors			4,547
Majority			986
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,868	50.22
	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	1,852	49.78
Total valid votes			3,720	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,936	81.34
Registered electors			4,839
Majority			16
	Alliance gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	1,680	54.07
	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,427	45.93
Total valid votes			3,107	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,295	82.23
Registered electors			4,007
Majority			253
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,366	55.51
	PMIP	Ahmad Salleh	1,095	44.49
Total valid votes			2,461	100.00
Total rejected ballots			61
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,522	78.25
Registered electors			3,223
Majority			271
This was a new constituency created.