Santan (state constituency)

Santan

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sabry Ahmad BN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2013

Santan is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly since 1995.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

2004–present: The constituency contains the polling districts of Kampong Darat, Paya, Alor Tampang, Padang Lati, Padang Pauh, Santan.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Santan
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created, renamed from Padang Pauh
9th	1995-1999	Bahari Taib	BN
10th	1999-2004	Zolkharnain Abidin	PAS
11th	2004-2008	Sabry Ahmad	BN
12th	2008-2013
13th	2013-present

Election results

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabry Ahmad	4,209	57.39
	PAS	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir	3,125	42.61
Total valid votes			7,334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			7,449	88.63
Registered electors			8,405
Majority			1,084
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}
Source(s)

Perlis state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabry Ahmad	3,475	55.71
	PAS	Abd Rashid Abd Rahman	2,763	44.29
Total valid votes			6,238	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			6,351	84.92
Registered electors			7,479
Majority			712
	BN hold		Swing		{{{3}}}

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabry Ahmad	3,284	54.82
	PAS	Zolkharnain Abidin	2,706	45.18
Total valid votes			5,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			73
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,063	86.52
Registered electors			7,008
Majority			578
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Zolkharnain Abidin	2,802	52.52
	BN	Bahari Taib	2,533	47.48
Total valid votes			5,335	100.00
Total rejected ballots			87
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			5,509	85.34
Registered electors			6,455
Majority			269
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Bahari Taib	3,107	63.38
	PAS	Abdullah Jasin	1,795	36.62
Total valid votes			4,902	100.00
Total rejected ballots			96
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			5,004	77.08
Registered electors			6,492
Majority			1,312
This was a new constituency created.