Yan (federal constituency)
Yan was a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that was represented in the Dewan Rakyat from 1995 to 2004.
 Kedah constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct federal constituency | |
| Legislature | Dewan Rakyat |
| Constituency created | 1994 |
| Constituency abolished | 2004 |
| First contested | 1995 |
| Last contested | 1999 |
The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.
History
It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.
Representation history
| Members of Parliament for Yan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created, renamed from Jerai | |||
| 9th | 1995-1999 | Badruddin Amiruldin | BN (UMNO) |
| 10th | 1999-2004 | Nasharudin Mat Isa | PAS |
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Jerai | |||
State constituency
| Parliamentary
constituency |
State constituency | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–59* | 1959–1974 | 1974–1986 | 1986–1995 | 1995–2004 | 2004–2018 | 2018–present | |
| Yan | Guar Chempedak | ||||||
| Sala | |||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAS | Nasharudin Mat Isa | 16,041 | 50.29 | ||
| BN | Badruddin Amiruldin | 15,859 | 49.71 | ||
| Total valid votes | 31,900 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 513 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 15 | ||||
| Turnout | 32,428 | 76.70 | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Majority | 182 | ||||
| PAS gain from BN | Swing | ? | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Badruddin Amiruldin | 16,755 | 57.45 | |||
| PAS | Mohd Najib Fahami Yahaya | 12,412 | 42.55 | |||
| Total valid votes | 29,167 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 874 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | 74 | |||||
| Turnout | 30,115 | 74.07 | ||||
| Registered electors | ||||||
| Majority | 4,343 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
References
- "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
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