 Perlis constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Perlis State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 1958 |
| Constituency abolished | 1995 |
| First contested | 1959 |
| Last contested | 1990 |
Utan Aji was a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that was represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly from 1959 to 1995.
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.
It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Utan Aji | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created | |||
| 1st | 1959-1964 | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 2nd | 1964-1969 | Taharim Ariffin | PMIP |
| 1969-1971 | Assembly dissolved | ||
| 3rd | 1971-1973 | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | Alliance (UMNO) |
| 1973-1974 | BN (UMNO) | ||
| 4th | 1974–1978 | ||
| 5th | 1978-1982 | Idrus Kassim | |
| 6th | 1982–1986 | ||
| 7th | 1986-1990 | Fadzil Mahmood | |
| 8th | 1990–1995 | ||
| Constituency abolished, renamed to Tambun Tulang | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Fadzil Mahmood | 2,708 | 64.49 | ||
| S46 | Idrus Kassim | 1,491 | 35.51 | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,199 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 149 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 4,348 | 79.26 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,486 | ||||
| Majority | 1,217 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Fadzil Mahmood | 2,270 | 64.31 | ||
| PAS | Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh | 1,260 | 35.69 | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,530 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 113 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,643 | 75.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,832 | ||||
| Majority | 1,010 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Idrus Kassim | 3,029 | 65.82 | ||
| PAS | Mohamad Noor | 1,573 | 34.18 | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,602 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 129 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 4,731 | 79.55 | |||
| Registered electors | 5,947 | ||||
| Majority | 1,456 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing |
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Idrus Kassim | 2,273 | 56.40 | ||
| PAS | Bakri Hashim | 1,757 | 43.60 | ||
| Total valid votes | 4,030 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Registered electors | 5,228 | ||||
| Majority | 516 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | {{{2}}}
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | 2,096 | 61.72 | ||
| Parti Rakyat Malaysia | Saad Man | 1,110 | 32.69 | ||
| Independent | Yusof Osman | 190 | 5.59 | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,396 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 365 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,761 | 82.71 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,547 | ||||
| Majority | 986 | ||||
| BN gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | 1,868 | 50.22 | ||
| PMIP | Taharim Ariffin | 1,852 | 49.78 | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,720 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 216 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,936 | 81.34 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,839 | ||||
| Majority | 16 | ||||
| Alliance gain from PMIP | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMIP | Taharim Ariffin | 1,680 | 54.07 | ||
| Alliance | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | 1,427 | 45.93 | ||
| Total valid votes | 3,107 | 100.00 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | |||||
| Turnout | 3,295 | 82.23 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,007 | ||||
| Majority | 253 | ||||
| PMIP gain from Alliance | Swing | ?
| |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliance | Syed Darus Syed Hashim | 1,366 | 55.51 | |||
| PMIP | Ahmad Salleh | 1,095 | 44.49 | |||
| Total valid votes | 2,461 | 100.00 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 61 | |||||
| Unreturned ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | 2,522 | 78.25 | ||||
| Registered electors | 3,223 | |||||
| Majority | 271 | |||||
| This was a new constituency created. | ||||||
