Hang Tuah Jaya (federal constituency)

Hang Tuah Jaya is a federal constituency in Melaka Tengah District and Jasin District, Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 2018.

Hang Tuah Jaya (P137)
Malacca constituency
Federal constituency
LegislatureDewan Rakyat
MP
Constituency created2018
First contested2018
Last contested2022
Demographics
Population (2020)[1]183,693
Electors (2022)[2]118,493
Area (km²)[3]116
Pop. density (per km²)1,583.6

The federal constituency was created in the 2018 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

Demographics

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Ethnic breakdown of Hang Tuah Jaya's electorate as of 2022[4]

  Malay (63%)
  Chinese (30.5%)
  Indian (5.9%)
  Other ethnicities (0.5%)

Age breakdown of Hang Tuah Jaya's electorate as of 2022

  18-20 (6.4%)
  21-29 (21.78%)
  30-39 (22.62%)
  40-49 (16.83%)
  50-59 (13.93%)
  60-69 (11.26%)
  70-79 (5.34%)
  80-89 (1.59%)
  above 90 (0.24%)

Gender breakdown of Hang Tuah Jaya's electorate as of 2022

  Male (49.02%)
  Female (50.98%)

History

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Polling districts

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According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Hang Tuah Jaya constituency is divided into 24 polling districts.[5]

State constituency Polling District Code Location
Pengkalan Batu(N15) Bachang Baru 137/15/01 Kompleks JAPERUN DUN Bachang
Pasir Puteh 137/15/02 SJK (C) Yu Hwa
Pengkalan Batu 137/15/03 SMA Sultan Muhammad
Rumpun Bahagia 137/15/04 Balai Raya Taman Rumpun Bahagia
Peringgit 137/15/05 SK Peringgit
Peringgit Jaya 137/15/06 SRA (JAIM) Taman Peringgit Jaya
Bukit Palah 137/15/07 SRA (JAIM) Peringgit
Seri Siantan 137/15/08 SRA (JAIM) Solok Musai
Bukit Piatu 137/15/09 SM Teknik Melaka
Ayer Keroh(N16) Sungai Putat 137/16/01
  • SMK Tun Mutahir
  • SMK Munshi Abdullah
Kampung Ayer Keroh 137/16/02 SK Tun Syed Ahmad Shahabudin
Ayer Keroh Heights 137/16/03 SRA (JAIM) Ayer Keroh
Taman Kerjasama 137/16/04 Pusat Rujukan Sosial (KRT) Taman Kerjasama
Taman Bukit Melaka 137/16/05 Dewan MPHTJ Bukit Beruang
Taman Bunga Raya 137/16/06 SJK (C) Bukit Beruang
Taman Muzaffar Shah 137/16/07 SK Ayer Keroh
Kampung Tun Razak 137/16/08 SR Arab (JAIM) Kampung Tun Razak
Bukit Katil(N17) Bukit Beruang 137/17/01 SMK Bukit Baru
Padang Jambu 137/17/02 SRA (JAIM) Padang Jambu
Bukit Baru Dalam 137/17/03 SJK (C) Keh Seng
Paya Ikan 137/17/04 SK Jalan Datuk Palembang
Bukit Pulau 137/17/05 SRA (JAIM) Bukit Pulau
Kampungku Sayang 137/17/06 SK Bukit Baru
Taman Tun Rahah 137/17/07 Kolej Vokasional Melaka Tengah
Kampung Bukit Katil 137/17/08
  • SK Dato' Demang Hussin, SRA (JAIM) Bukit Katil
  • SMK Bukit Katil
Ayer Molek (N18) Pengkalan Minyak 137/18/01 SRA (JAIM) Pengkalan Minyak
Tambak Paya 137/18/02 SK Tambak Paya
Kg Ayer Molek 137/18/03 SK Ayer Molek
Bukit Lintang 137/18/04 SK Bukit Lintang
Kandang 137/18/05 SK Bendahara Seri Maharaja
Tiang Dua 137/18/06 SJK (C) Tiang Dua
Paya Dalam 137/18/07 SK Paya Dalam

Representation history

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Members of Parliament for Hang Tuah Jaya
Parliament No Years Member Party
Constituency created, renamed from Bukit Katil
14th P137 2018–2022 Shamsul Iskandar @ Yusre Mohd Akin
(شمس الإسكندر محمد عقين)
PH (PKR)
15th 2022–present Adam Adli Abd Halim
(آدم عدلي عبد حاليم)

State constituency

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Parliamentary

constituency

State constituency
1955–59* 1959–1974 1974–1986 1986–1995 1995–2004 2004–2018 2018–present
Hang Tuah Jaya Ayer Keroh
Ayer Molek
Bukit Katil
Pengkalan Batu

Current state assembly members

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No. State Constituency Member Coalition (Party)
N15 Pengkalan Batu Kalsom Noordin BN (UMNO)
N16 Ayer Keroh Kerk Chee Yee PH (DAP)
N17 Bukit Katil Adly Zahari PH (AMANAH)
N18 Ayer Molek Rahmad Mariman BN (UMNO)

Local governments & postcodes

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No. State Constituency Local Government Postcode
N15 Pengkalan Batu
  • Malacca City Council (Peringgit area)
  • Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council
  • 75150, 75300, 75350, 75400, 75450, 75460 Melaka
  • 77200 Bemban
N16 Ayer Keroh Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council
N17 Bukit Katil
  • Malacca City Council (Bukit Baru area)
  • Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council
N18 Ayer Molek
  • Malacca City Council
  • Jasin Municipal Council (Paya Dalam area)

Election results

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Malaysian general election, 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ∆%
PH Adam Adli Abd Halim 39,418 41.72   9.29
BN Mohd Ridhwan Mohd Ali 30,780 32.58   7.14
PN Mohd Azrudin Md Idris 23,549 24.92   24.92
GTA Sheikh Ikhzan Sheikh Salleh 739 0.78   0.78
Total valid votes 94,486 100.00
Total rejected ballots 737
Unreturned ballots 369
Turnout 95,592 79.74   7.27
Registered electors 118,493
Majority 8,638 9.14   2.14
PH hold Swing
Malaysian general election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
PH Shamsul Iskandar @ Yusre Mohd Akin 39,067 51.01
BN Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam 30,427 39.73
PAS Md Khalid Kassim 7,089 9.26
Total valid votes 76,583 100.00
Total rejected ballots 909
Unreturned ballots 266
Turnout 77,758 87.01
Registered electors 89,364
Majority 8,640 11.28
This was a new constituency created.
Source(s)

"His Majesty's Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 243/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-01.[permanent dead link]

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Malacca [P.U. (B) 317/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2018-08-01.

References

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