Mata Ayer (state constituency)

Mata Ayer

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Khairi Hasan BN
Constituency created	1958
First contested	1959
Last contested	2013

Mata Ayer is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1974, from 1995 to present.

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1974 when it was redistributed. It was re-created in 1994.

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Tok Kaya Man, Hutan Temin, Kampung Gial.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Mata Ayer
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Mahayuddin Habib	Alliance
2nd	1964-1969	Abdullah Hassan
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Abdullah Hassan	Alliance
	1973-1974		BN
Constituency abolished
Constituency re-created
9th	1995-1999	Ishak Arshad	BN
10th	1999-2004
11th	2004-2008	Khairi Hasan
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,739	68.12
	PKR	Ammar Gazali	1,750	31.88
Total valid votes			5,489	100.00
Total rejected ballots			86
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			5,592	87.86
Registered electors			6,365
Majority			1,989
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Perlis state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,059	68.04
	PAS	Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim	1,437	31.96
Total valid votes			4,496	100.00
Total rejected ballots			98
Unreturned ballots			68
Turnout			4,662	84.05
Registered electors			5,547
Majority			1,622
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Khairi Hasan	3,041	67.89
	PAS	Suwardi Yaacob	1,438	32.11
Total valid votes			4,479	100.00
Total rejected ballots			56
Unreturned ballots			28
Turnout			4,563	82.11
Registered electors			5,557
Majority			1,603
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ishak Arshad	2,218	58.80
	PAS	Suwardi Yaacob	1,554	41.20
Total valid votes			3,772	100.00
Total rejected ballots			71
Unreturned ballots			250
Turnout			4,093	83.87
Registered electors			4,880
Majority			664
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ishak Arshad	2,886	70.94
	PAS	Saleh Itam	1,182	29.06
Total valid votes			4,068	100.00
Total rejected ballots			323
Unreturned ballots			588
Turnout			4,979	82.98
Registered electors			6,000
Majority			1,704
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Hassan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Abdullah Hassan
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mahayuddin Habib
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.