Permatang (state constituency)

Permatang

Selangor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Selangor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sulaiman Abdul Razak BN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Permatang is a state constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly since 1974.

The state constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Hulu Tiram Buruk, Hulu Tiram Buruk Utara, Batang Berjuntai Satu, Ladang Mary, Sungai Tinggi, Batang Berjuntai Utara, Kampung Raja Musa, Ladang Raja Musa, Kampung Baharu Tiram Buruk, Parit Serong, Sungai Gulang-Gulang, Hujung Permatang, Belimbing, Permatang, Pasir Penambang, Sungai Yu, Sungai Terap.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Permatang
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Mohamed Said Bahir	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Khalid Ahmad
7th	1986-1990
8th	1990-1995	Jamaluddin Adnan
9th	1995-1997
	1997-1999	Abu Hassan Omar
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Abdul Aziz Mohd Noh
12th	2008-2013	Sulaiman Abdul Razak
13th	2013-present

Election results

Selangor state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Abdul Razak	9,049	52.77
	PKR	Mohd Yahya Mat Sahri	8,023	46.79
	Independent	Low Tan	76	0.44
Total valid votes			17,148	100.00
Total rejected ballots			312
Unreturned ballots			37
Turnout			17,497	89.11
Registered electors			19,636
Majority			1,026
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Selangor state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sulaiman Abdul Razak	6,975	52.28
	PKR	Mazlan Hassan	6,367	47.72
Total valid votes			13,342	100.00
Total rejected ballots			286
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			13,648	78.42
Registered electors			17,403
Majority			608
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Mohd Noh	8,341	67.28
	KEADILAN	Samry Masri	4,056	32.72
Total valid votes			12,397	100.00
Total rejected ballots			355
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			12,752	73.34
Registered electors			17,388
Majority			4,285
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Hassan Omar	8,621	60.35
	KEADILAN	Mohd. Yahya Mat Sahri	5,665	39.65
Total valid votes			14,286	100.00
Total rejected ballots			453
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			14,755	73.72
Registered electors			20,016
Majority			2,956
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state by-election, 29 May 1997 Upon the resignation of incumbent, Jamaluddin Adnan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Hassan Omar
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jamaluddin Adnan	9,877	79.16
	PAS	Harullah Junid @ Amat Dollah Mat Jonit	2,601	20.84
Total valid votes			12,478	100.00
Total rejected ballots			575
Unreturned ballots			57
Turnout			13,110	70.70
Registered electors			18,543
Majority			7,276
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jamaluddin Adnan	6,214	65.20
	S46	Hasanudin Latif	3,317	34.80
Total valid votes			9,531	100.00
Total rejected ballots			484
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			10,015	75.06
Registered electors			13,343
Majority			2,897
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khalid Ahmad	5,674	73.01
	PAS	Suarin Ibrahim	2,098	26.99
Total valid votes			7,772	100.00
Total rejected ballots			327
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			8,099	70.88
Registered electors			11,427
Majority			3,576
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khalid Ahmad
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Selangor state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohamed Said Bahir
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.