Indera Kayangan
Perlis constituency
State constituency
LegislaturePerlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA
 
 
 
Gan Ay Ling
PH
Constituency created1984
First contested1986
Last contested2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)[1]14,465

Indera Kayangan is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly since 1986.

The state constituency was created in 1984. It was first contested in 1986 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Indera Kayangan is Gan Ay Ling from Pakatan Harapan (PH). She is the only MLA to not be from the Perikatan Nasional party, which won every other seat in the Perlis state election.

Definition

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Indera Kayangan constituency is divided into 7 polling districts.[2]

State constituency Polling Districts Code Location
Indera Kayangan (N08) Padang Katong 002/08/01 SK Putra
Derma 002/08/02 SMK Syed Hassan
Pekan Lama Kangar 002/08/03 SMK Derma
Pengkalan Assam 002/08/04 SMK Putra
Pekan Baru Kangar 002/08/05 SK Seri Perlis
Seberang Bakau 002/08/06 SJK (C) Khoon Aik
Behor Gandin 002/08/07 SK Jalan Raja Syed Alwi

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Indera Kayangan's electorate as of 2022[3]

  Malays (53.75%)
  Chinese (39.89%)
  Indians (3.42%)
  Other Ethnicities (2.94%)
Total electors by polling district in 2016
Polling district Electors
Padang Katong 1,058
Derma 876
Pekan Lama Kangar 1,101
Pengkalan Assam 1,000
Pekan Baru Kangar 1,656
Seberang Bakau 2,469
Behor Gandin 1,869
Total 10,029
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[4]

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Indera Kayangan
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Constituency created from Bandar Kangar
7th1986–1990Lee Kim ChengBN (MCA)
8th1990–1995Khor Liang Tee
9th1995–1999
10th1999–2002
2002–2004Oui Ah Lan
11th2004–2008
12th2008–2013Por Choo Chor
13th2013–2018Chan Ming KaiPR (PKR)
14th2018–2022Gan Ay LingPH (PKR)
15th2022–present

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
PHGan Ay Ling4,83046.42Decrease 11.29
PNPramoot Puan2,95728.42Increase 28.42
BNLim Weng Kee1,88218.09Decrease 3.12
Sabah Heritage PartyAtan Jasin7367.07Increase 7.07
Total valid votes 10,405 100.00
Total rejected ballots 129
Unreturned ballots 16
Turnout 10,55072.9Decrease 7.49
Registered electors 14,465
Majority 1,873
PH hold Swing
Perlis state election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
PHGan Ay Ling5,02357.71Increase 57.71
BNChuah Tian Hee1,84621.21Decrease 19.25
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyWan Hassan Ismail1,83521.08Increase 21.08
Total valid votes 8,704 100.00
Total rejected ballots 114
Unreturned ballots 39
Turnout 8,85780.39Decrease 1.51
Registered electors 11,018
Majority 3,177
PH hold Swing
Source(s)
Perlis state election, 2013
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
PKRChan Ming Kai4,26354.39Increase 14.63
BNPor Choo Chor @ Por Choo Chuan3,17140.46Decrease 19.78
IndependentAmeir Hassan4045.15Increase 5.15
Total valid votes 7,838 100.00
Total rejected ballots 144
Unreturned ballots 25
Turnout 8,00781.90Increase 7.67
Registered electors 9,776
Majority 1,092
PKR gain from BN Swing ?
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
Perlis state election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNPor Choo Chor @ Por Choo Chuan3,71460.24Decrease 15.50
PKRPoziyah Hamzah2,45139.76Increase 15.50
Total valid votes 6,165 100.00
Total rejected ballots 129
Unreturned ballots 28
Turnout 6,32274.23Decrease 3.73
Registered electors 8,517
Majority 1,263
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNOui Ah Lan @ Ng Ah Lan5,24375.74Increase 4.02
PKRKhoo Yang Chong1,67924.26Decrease 4.02
Total valid votes 6,922 100.00
Total rejected ballots 304
Unreturned ballots 35
Turnout 7,26177.96Increase 2.15
Registered electors 9,314
Majority 3,564
BN hold Swing

Perlis state by-election, 19 January 2002
Upon the death of incumbent, Khor Liang Tee
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNOui Ah Lan @ Ng Ah Lan4,27971.72Increase 4.33
PKRKhoo Yang Chong1,68728.28Decrease 4.33
Total valid votes 5,966 100.00
Total rejected ballots 81
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 6,04775.81Increase 0.27
Registered electors 7,976
Majority 2,592
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1999
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNKhor Liang Tee @ Khor Lian Tee3,82567.39Decrease 13.04
PKRKo Chu Liang1,85132.61Increase 32.61
Total valid votes 5,676 100.00
Total rejected ballots 154
Unreturned ballots 196
Turnout 6,02675.54Increase 4.02
Registered electors 7,977
Majority 1,974
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1995
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNKhor Liang Tee @ Khor Lian Tee4,40580.43Increase 11.33
S46Tengku Yaakob Tengku Mohamad1,07219.57Increase 19.57
Total valid votes 5,477 100.00
Total rejected ballots 118
Unreturned ballots 1
Turnout 5,59671.52Decrease 0.57
Registered electors 7,824
Majority 3,333
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1990
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNKhor Liang Tee @ Khor Lian Tee4,01669.10Decrease 5.25
IndependentRodzi Ramli1,66028.56Increase 28.56
IndependentLim Teng Hock1362.34Increase 2.34
Total valid votes 5,812 100.00
Total rejected ballots 201
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 6,01372.09Increase 2.18
Registered electors 8,341
Majority 2,356
BN hold Swing
Perlis state election, 1986
Party Candidate Votes %∆%
BNLee Kim Cheng4,01874.35
Pan-Malaysian Islamic PartyHamid Mohamood @ Abd. Razak Mohamood1,38625.65
Total valid votes 5,404 100.00
Total rejected ballots 141
Unreturned ballots
Turnout 5,54569.91
Registered electors 7,932
Majority 2,632
This was a new constituency created.

References

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