Simpang Empat (state constituency)

Simpang Empat

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

Simpang Empat 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 Sungai Berembang, Behor Mali, Sungai Bharu, Simpang Empat Che Kasim, Lat Seribu.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Simpang Empat
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
9th	1995-1999	Ramlah @ Che Ah Long	BN
10th	1999-2004	Zahari Bakar
11th	2004-2008
12th	2008-2013	Rus'sele Eizan	PAS
13th	2013-present	Nurulhisham Yaakob	BN

Election results

Perlis state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nurulhisham Yaakob	3,362	50.64
	PAS	Rus'sele Eizan	3,277	49.36
Total valid votes			6,639	100.00
Total rejected ballots			70
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			6,729	86.56
Registered electors			7,774
Majority			85
	BN gain from PAS		Swing		?
Source(s)

Perlis state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PAS	Rus'sele Eizan	2,878	50.46
	BN	Zahari Bakar	2,825	49.54
Total valid votes			5,703	100.00
Total rejected ballots			82
Unreturned ballots			8
Turnout			5,793	82.98
Registered electors			6,981
Majority			53
	PAS gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zahari Bakar	2,795	52.60
	PAS	Che Rosli Che Mat	2,519	47.40
Total valid votes			5,314	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			5,447	83.11
Registered electors			6,554
Majority			276
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zahari Bakar	2,584	52.52
	PAS	Che Rosli Che Mat	2,336	47.48
Total valid votes			4,920	100.00
Total rejected ballots			107
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			5,033	80.43
Registered electors			6,258
Majority			248
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ramlah @ Che Ah Long	2,721	60.43
	S46	Ramli Abdul Karim	1,782	39.57
Total valid votes			4,503	100.00
Total rejected ballots			111
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			4,620	73.92
Registered electors			6,250
Majority			939
This was a new constituency created.