Paroi (state constituency)

Paroi

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohd Ghazali Wahid BN
Constituency created	2003
First contested	2004
Last contested	2013

Paroi is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly since 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Paroi, Taman Satria, Taman Tuanku Jaafar, Taman Sri Permata, Kombok, Taman Tasik Jaya, Bukit Seri Senawang, Taman Kobena, Senawang Jaya, Taman Marida.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Paroi
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Bibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid	BN
12th	2008-2013	Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani	PAS
13th	2013-present	Mohd Ghazali Wahid	BN

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mohd Ghazali Abd. Wahid	14,896	53.96
	PAS	Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani	12,712	46.04
Total valid votes			27,608	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots			167
Turnout			28,005	87.89
Registered electors			31,862
Majority			2,184
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?
Source(s)

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Mohamad Taufek Abd. Ghani	9,423	53.12
	BN	Zaharudin Mohd Shariff	8,316	46.88
Total valid votes			17,739	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			18,076	78.39
Registered electors			23,060
Majority			1,107
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid	7,524	68.77
	PAS	Rosli Yaakop	3,417	31.23
Total valid votes			10,941	100.00
Total rejected ballots			249
Unreturned ballots			60
Turnout			11,250	75.70
Registered electors			14,862
Majority			4,107
This was a new constituency created.