Kurong Anai (state constituency)

Kurong Anai was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1995.

Kurong Anai

Perlis constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1958
Constituency abolished	1995
First contested	1959
Last contested	1990

The state constituency was created in the 1958 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Kurong Anai
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	1959-1964	Mokhtar Ismail	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	1964-1969	Wan Ahmad Wan Abdullah
	1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	1971-1973	Wan Ahmad Wan Abdullah	Alliance (UMNO)
	1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	1974-1978
5th	1978-1982	Abu Bakar Ahmad
6th	1982-1986
7th	1986-1990	Tengku Aziz Tengku Jaafar
8th	1990-1995
Constituency abolished, renamed to Simpang Empat

Election results

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Aziz Tengku Jaafar	2,143	52.55
	PAS	Hashim Jasin	1,935	47.45
Total valid votes			4,078	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			4,188	80.29
Registered electors			5,216
Majority			208
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Tengku Aziz Tengku Jaafar	1,660	51.14
	PAS	Halim Ismail	1,586	48.86
Total valid votes			3,246	100.00
Total rejected ballots			143
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,389	76.92
Registered electors			4,406
Majority			74
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Bakar Ahmad	2,927	58.32
	PAS	Halim @ Omar Ismail	1,921	38.27
	Independent	Jusoh Man	171	3.41
Total valid votes			5,019	100.00
Total rejected ballots			106
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,125	77.95
Registered electors			6,575
Majority			1,006
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Bakar Ahmad	2,398	56.09
	PAS	Ahmad Salleh	1,877	43.91
Total valid votes			4,275	100.00
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,929
Majority			521
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Wan Ahmad Wan Abdullah	2,053	58.59
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Aishah Salleh	1,451	41.41
Total valid votes			3,504	100.00
Total rejected ballots			475
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,979	73.99
Registered electors			5,378
Majority			602
	BN gain from Alliance Party (Malaysia) Party (Malaysia)		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Ahmad Wan Abdullah	1,824	52.52
	PMIP	Saleh Che Mat	1,512	43.54
	Parti Rakyat Malaysia	Omar Ismail	137	3.94
Total valid votes			3,473	100.00
Total rejected ballots			325
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,798	79.13
Registered electors			4,800
Majority			312
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Wan Ahmad Wan Abdullah	1,733	61.48
	PMIP	Ahmad Salleh	1,086	38.52
Total valid votes			2,819	100.00
Total rejected ballots			194
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			3,013	76.88
Registered electors			3,919
Majority			647
	Alliance hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Mokhtar Ismail	1,495	62.71
	PMIP	Ibrahim Yasin	889	37.29
Total valid votes			2,384	100.00
Total rejected ballots			74
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			2,458	78.91
Registered electors			3,115
Majority			606
This was a new constituency created.

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-05-10.