Pantai Merdeka (state constituency)

Pantai Merdeka
Kedah constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Kedah State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim; PN
;
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2018

Pantai Merdeka is a state constituency in Kedah, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Pantai Merdeka's electorate as of 2018[1]

Malay (92.02%)

Chinese (5.84%)

Indian (1.93%)

Other ethnicities (0.22%)

According to the gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Pantai Merdeka constituency has a total of 19 polling districts.[2]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Pantai Merdeka (N27）	Bukit Kechik	015/27/01	SK Bukit Kechik
	Bukit Meriam	015/27/02	SK Bukit Meriam
	Sintok Bugis	015/27/03	Maktab Mahmud Kuala Muda
	Padang Salim	015/27/04	SK Seri Kuala
	Kuala Muda	015/27/05	Dewan KEDA Kampung Tepi Sungai
	Haji Kudong	015/27/06	SK Haji Sulaiman
	Kota Kuala Muda	015/27/07	SK Kota Kuala Muda
	Sungai Mas	015/27/08	SMK Kota Kuala Muda
	Rantau Panjang	015/27/09	SK Rantau Panjang
	Pekan Tikam Batu	015/27/10	SJK (C) Peng Min
	Kampung Simpor	015/27/11	SK Simpor
	Batu Lintang	015/27/12	SK Simpor
	Simpor Timor	015/27/13	SK Darulaman
	Telok Wang	015/27/14	SMK Sungai Pasir
	Kampung Berapit	015/27/15	SK Berapit
	Kampung Tikam Batu	015/27/16	SK Tikam Batu
	Pekula	015/27/17	SMK Pekula Jaya
	Padang Temusu	015/27/18	SJK (C) Tai Tong
	Pinang Tunggal	015/27/19	SMK Pinang Tunggal

Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Pantai Merdeka
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Tikam Batu
7th	1986 – 1990	Ghazali Haji Bakar	BN (UMNO)
8th	1990 – 1995	Haji Abd. Manaf Haji Ahmad
9th	1995 – 1999	Jamaludin Yusof
10th	1999 – 2004	Mohd Muslim Othman
11th	2004 – 2008	Shahabudin Jaafar
12th	2008 – 2013	Abdullah Jusof	PAS
13th	2013 – 2018	Ali Yahaya	BN (UMNO)
14th	2018 – 2020	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	PAS
14th	2020 – present	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	PN (PAS)

Kedah state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Ahmad Fadzli Hashim	14,133	45.62	0.84
	BN	Ali Yahaya	9,567	30.88	21.49
	PH	Rosli Yusof	7,281	23.50	23.50
Total valid votes			30,981	100.00
Total rejected ballots			347
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			31,523	85.60
Registered electors			36,810
Majority			4,566
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ali Yahaya	15,393	52.37	3.47
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abdullah Jusof	13,686	46.46	4.64
	Independent	Mohd Yusof Lazim	316	1.17	1.17
Total valid votes			29,395	100.00
Total rejected ballots			314
Unreturned ballots			54
Turnout			29,763	89.40
Registered electors			33,282
Majority			1,707
	BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abdullah Jusof	11,654	51.10	7.48
	BN	Shuib Saedin	11,151	48.90	7.48
Total valid votes			22,805	100.00
Total rejected ballots			296
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			23,139	83.28
Registered electors			27,784
Majority			503
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

Kedah state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Jamaludin Yusof	9,857	63.11	1.96
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohamad Isa Mahamud	5,421	34.71	0.22
	DAP	Lim Pok Long	341	2.18	2.18
Total valid votes			15,641	100.00
Total rejected ballots			330
Unreturned ballots			1
Turnout			15,950	76.34
Registered electors			20,893
Majority			4,436
	BN hold		Swing

Kedah state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Ghazali Haji Bakar	11,458	64.55
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Shuib Talib	6,292	35.45
Total valid votes			17,750	100.00
Total rejected ballots			463
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			18,213	73.42
Registered electors			24,808
Majority			5,166
This was a new constituency created.

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