Rantau (state constituency)
Rantau is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.
 Negeri Sembilan constituency | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| State constituency | |||
| Legislature | Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | ||
| MLA |
BN | ||
| First contested | 1959 | ||
| Last contested | 2019 | ||
| Demographics | |||
| Electors (2019)[1] | 20,926 | ||
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. Since 2004, the State Assemblyman for Rantau is Mohamad Hasan from the Barisan Nasional (BN). In the 2018 elections, Mohamad Hasan won the seat uncontested.[2] However, the Election Court has on the 16 November 2018, passed a ruling that Mohamad Hasan had not been duly elected.[3][4] A fresh elections was called to be held after Mohamad Hasan's appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court on 18 February 2019.[5]
Demographics
| Polling district | Electors |
|---|---|
| Kampong Sendayan | 757 |
| Sendayan | 2,784 |
| Taman Kelab Tuanku | 1,569 |
| Kampong Mambau | 543 |
| Kampong Bemban | 547 |
| Kuala Sawah | 2,577 |
| Kampong Sri Lalang | 1,308 |
| Kampong Sega | 1,171 |
| Pekan Sagga | 677 |
| Rantau | 2,652 |
| Linsum | 1,350 |
| Kampong Siliau | 1,200 |
| Angsa Emas | 1,633 |
| Bandar Ekar | 2,158 |
| Total | 20,926 |
| Source: Barisan Nasional campaign center[1] | |
Representation history
| 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 | ||
| 6th | 1982-1986 | Ismail Lebai Kamat | |
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Muthu Palaniappan | BN (MIC) |
| 8th | 1990-1995 | ||
| 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- | ||
Election results
The electoral results for the Rantau state constituency in 2008, 2013 and 2018 are as follows.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Mohamad Hasan | 10,397 | 63.22 | -1.53 | |
| PH | Streram Sinnasamy | 5,887 | 35.80 | +0.55 | |
| 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 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | -1.04 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| On the nomination day, Mohamad Hasan won uncontested.[6] | ||||||
| BN | Mohamad Hasan | |||||
| Total valid votes | 100.00 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Registered electors | 20,472 | |||||
| Majority | ||||||
| BN hold | Swing | N/A | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Registered electors | 18,232 | |||||
| Majority | 4,613 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | -1.42 | ||||
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. "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. | ||||||
| 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 | |||||
| BN hold | Swing | N/A | ||||
Source(s) | ||||||
References
- "【晏斗補選】印裔票及游離票左右選情". 東方日報 (in Chinese (Malaysia)). 2019-04-08.
- "Mohamad Hasan returned unopposed". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- "Court orders fresh election for Rantau seat".
- "Rantau by-election on after court invalidates BN win - Nation - The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my.
- "Mohamad Hasan's appeal dismissed; Rantau by-election to go on". The Star Online. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negeri Sembilan". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
- "undi.info - Rantau (P131-N27) - Malaysiakini". undi.info - Rantau (P131-N27).
