Chuah (state constituency)

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

Chuah

Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Yek Diew Ching PH
First contested	2004
Last contested	2018
Demographics
Electors (2018)[1]	12,083

The state constituency was first contested in 2004 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2018, the State Assemblyman for Chuah is Yek Diew Ching from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), which is part of the state's ruling coalition, Pakatan Harapan (PH).[2][3]

Definition

The Chuah constituency contains the polling districts of Tanah Merah, Kampong Pachitan, Bukit Pelandok, Sungai Nipah and Chuah.[4]

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Chuah's electorate as of 2018[3]

  Malay (21.00%)

  Chinese (56.14%)

  Indian (22.54%)

  East Malaysian Bumiputeras (0.10%)

  Orang Asli (0.02%)

  Other ethnicities (0.21%)

Total electors by polling district in 2016

Polling district	Electors
Tanah Merah	3,225
Kampong Pachitan	1,344
Bukit Pelandok	2,714
Sungai Nipah	836
Chuah	2,737
Total	10,856
Source: Malaysian Election Commission[5]

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Chuah
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
11th	2004-2008	Foo Ming Chee	BN (MCA)
12th	2008-2013	Chai Tong Chai	PR (PKR)
13th	2013-2018
14th	2018–present	Yek Diew Ching	PH (PKR)

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PH	Yek Diew Ching	6,661	65.81
	BN	Lim Chin Fui	3,460	34.19
Total valid votes			10,121	100.00
Total rejected ballots			165
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			12,083
Majority			3,201
	PH hold		Swing
Source(s) [3]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PKR	Chai Tong Chai	5,957	63.51
	BN	Lim Chin Fui	3,423	36.49
Total valid votes			9,380	100.00
Total rejected ballots			150
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,530	85.65
Registered electors			11,127
Majority			2,534
	PKR hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 193/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Negeri Sembilan [P.U. (B) 234/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PKR	Chai Tong Chai	4,415	58.82
	BN	Foo Ming Chee	3,091	41.18
Total valid votes			7,506	100.00
Total rejected ballots			164
Unreturned ballots			113
Turnout			7,681	75.61
Registered electors			10,159
Majority			1,324
	PKR gain from BN		Swing		?
Source(s) [2]

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Foo Ming Chee	5,276	72.10
	PKR	AP Manam Sahardin	2,042	28.90
Total valid votes			7,318	100.00
Total rejected ballots			197
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,515	75.42
Registered electors			10,402
Majority			3,234
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s) [2]

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-21.

1. "Electoral Roll for the 14th Malaysian General Election Updated as of 10 April 2018" (PDF) (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. 2018-04-16. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
2. https://undi.info/negeri-sembilan/r18/n30
3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negeri Sembilan". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
4. "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal Constituencies and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 197/2016]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 29 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 2016-06-19.
5. "Report on the Redelineation of Electoral Constituencies in Peninsular Malaysia in 2018" (PDF). Election Commission of Malaysia. 1. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2018-05-15.