Arau (federal constituency)

Arau

Perlis constituency
Federal constituency
Legislature	Dewan Rakyat
MP	Shahidan Kassim BN
Constituency created	1974
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Arau is a federal constituency in Selangor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1974.

The federal constituency was created in the 1974 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Guar Gajah, Padang Siding, Pauh, Istana, Pekan Arau, Kubang Paya, Kubang Gajah, Jejawi, Kampung Banat, Kampong Surau, Mengkuang Layar, Tambun Tulang, Guar Sanji, Kampong Sena, Behor Mentalon, Chemumar, Serdang, Changkat Jawi, Sungai Berembang, Behor Mali, Sungai Bharu, Simpang Empat Che Kasim, Lat Seribu, Bongor Kudong, Bunga Mas, Sungai Padang, Simpang Sanglang, Padang Keria, Kuala Sanglang, Tok Pulau.

Representation history

Members of Parliament for Arau
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
4th	1974-1978	Syed Hassan Syed Mohamed	BN
5th	1978-1982
6th	1982-1986	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh
7th	1986-1990	Shahidan Kassim
8th	1990-1995
9th	1995-1998	Kamarudin Ahmad
	1998-1999	Hashim Jasin	PAS
10th	1999-2004	Mastika Junaidah Husin	BN
11th	2004-2008	Syed Razlan Syed Putra Jamallullail
12th	2008-2013	Ismail Kassim
13th	2013-present	Shahidan Kassim

Election results

Malaysian general election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	19,376	51.28
	PAS	Haron Din	18,005	47.65
	Independent	Zainudin Yom	406	1.08
Total valid votes			37,787	100.00
Total rejected ballots			525
Unreturned ballots			127
Turnout			38,439	87.61
Registered electors			43,876
Majority			1,371
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s)

Malaysian general election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ismail Kassim	16,451	50.46
	PAS	Haron Din	16,151	49.54
Total valid votes			32,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			586
Unreturned ballots			88
Turnout			33,276	83.45
Registered electors			39,877
Majority			300
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Razlan Syed Putra Jamallullail	17,367	55.15
	PAS	Haron Din	14,124	44.85
Total valid votes			31,491	100.00
Total rejected ballots			533
Unreturned ballots			38
Turnout			32,062	84.23
Registered electors
Majority			3,243
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Mastika Junaidah Husin	15,297	52.73
	PAS	Abd. Aziz Hanafi	13,711	47.27
Total valid votes			29,008	100.00
Total rejected ballots			414
Unreturned ballots			51
Turnout			29,473	81.79
Registered electors
Majority			1,586
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Malaysian general by-election, 4 July 1998 Upon the death of incumbent, Kamarudin Ahmad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Hashim Jasin	12,864	52.71
	BN	Ismail Kassim	11,541	47.29
Total valid votes			24,405	100.00
Total rejected ballots			344
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			24,749	70.27
Registered electors			35,221
Majority			1,323
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Malaysian general election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Kamarudin Ahmad	16,266	63.53
	S46	Saad @ Md. Zain Hamzah	9,337	36.47
Total valid votes			25,603	100.00
Total rejected ballots			891
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			26,524	76.51
Registered electors
Majority			6,929
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	20,948	61.43
	PAS	Khalid Abdul Samad	13,154	38.57
Total valid votes			34,102	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,094
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			35,196	77.42
Registered electors
Majority			7,794
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Shahidan Kassim	18,156	62.08
	PAS	Tengku Abdul Rahman Tengku Ismail	11,091	37.92
Total valid votes			29,247	100.00
Total rejected ballots			830
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			30,077	74.61
Registered electors			40,312
Majority			7,065
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Hamid Pawanteh
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Hassan Syed Mohamed
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
	BN hold		Swing

Malaysian general election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Hassan Syed Mohamed
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Total valid votes				100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority
This was a new constituency created.