Jerlun (federal constituency)

Jerlun

Kedah constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Othman Aziz BN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Jerlun is a federal constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampung Bahagia, Kampung Pering, Kampung Kandis, Pekan Kodiang, Kampung Kodiang, Kampung Siputeh, Megat Dewa, Bukit Hantu, Mesjid Paya, Batu 4 Jalan Sanglang, Manggol, Tok Kepak, Sungai Korok, Batas Bengkok, Kampung Sanglang, Kerpan, Kuala Sanglang, Padang Sera, Kampung Melele, Kampung Putat, Kampung Imam, Telaga Batu, Padang Perahu, Kampung Pida, Kampung Gurindam, Alor Biak, Kubang Sepat, Lana Bulu, Permatang Paku, Matang Bonglai, Jerlun, Lubok Pinang, Pekan Ayer Hitam, Kampung Gandai, Kubang Nipah.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Jerlun
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Hanafi Ramli	BN
10th	1999-2004	Abu Bakar Othman	PAS
11th	2004-2008	Abdul Rahman Ariffin	BN
12th	2008-2013	Mukhriz Mahathir
13th	2013-present	Othman Aziz

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Othman Aziz	24,161	53.63
	PAS	Ismail Salleh	20,891	46.37
Total valid votes			45,052	100.00
Total rejected ballots			730
Unreturned ballots			117
Turnout			45,899	87.62
Registered electors			52,383
Majority			3,270
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mukhriz Mahathir	19,424	53.01
	PAS	Idris Ahmad	17,219	46.99
Total valid votes			36,643	100.00
Total rejected ballots			599
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			37,297	81.95
Registered electors			45,513
Majority			2,205
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Rahman Ariffin	19,123	52.97
	PAS	Idris Ahmad	16,981	47.03
Total valid votes			36,104	100.00
Total rejected ballots			718
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			36,822	83.41
Registered electors
Majority			2,142
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Abu Bakar Othman	17,104	50.56
	BN	Ismail Taib	16,724	49.44
Total valid votes			33,828	100.00
Total rejected ballots			595
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			34,436	78.26
Registered electors
Majority			380
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hanafi Ramli	18,012	55.51
	PAS	Halim Arshat	14,436	44.49
Total valid votes			32,448	100.00
Total rejected ballots			975
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			33,451	76.24
Registered electors
Majority			3,576
This was a new constituency created.