Pengkalan Rinting (state constituency)
Pengkalan Rinting was a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly since 2004 until 2013.
| Johor constituency | |
|---|---|
| Defunct state constituency | |
| Legislature | Johor State Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency created | 2003 |
| Constituency abolished | 2018 |
| First contested | 2004 |
| Last contested | 2013 |
The state constituency was created in the 2003 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.
History
Representation history
| Members of the Legislative Assembly for Pengkalan Rinting | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party |
| Constituency created from Tambatan | |||
| 11th | 2004-2008 | Low Teh Hian | BN (MCA) |
| 12th | 2008-2013 | Chia Song Cheng | |
| 13th | 2013-2018 | Cheo Yee How | PR (DAP) |
| Constituency renamed to Perling[1] | |||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAP | Cheo Yee How | 26,464 | 50.78 | +50.78 | ||
| BN | Chang Mei Kee | 24,494 | 47.00 | -17.72 | ||
| Total valid votes | 50,958 | 97.78 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,063 | 2.04 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 92 | 0.18 | ||||
| Turnout | 52,113 | 85.13 | ||||
| Registered electors | 61,217 | |||||
| Majority | 1,970 | |||||
| DAP gain from BN | Swing | +34.25 | ||||
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 195/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Johore [P.U. (B) 236/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27. | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Chia Song Cheng | 21,203 | 64.72 | -17.66 | |
| PAS | Rahmatullah Abdul | 10,829 | 33.05 | +17.49 | |
| Total valid votes | 32,032 | 97.77 | |||
| Total rejected ballots | 610 | 1.86 | |||
| Unreturned ballots | 121 | 0.37 | |||
| Turnout | 32,763 | 70.21 | |||
| Registered electors | 46,664 | ||||
| Majority | 10,374 | ||||
| BN hold | Swing | -17.58 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN | Low Teh Hian | 23,321 | 82.38 | |||
| PAS | Rahmatullah Abdul | 4,403 | 15.56 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,724 | 97.95 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 541 | 1.91 | ||||
| Unreturned ballots | 40 | 0.14 | ||||
| Turnout | 28,305 | 67.54 | ||||
| Registered electors | 41,909 | |||||
| Majority | 18,918 | |||||
| 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 2016-04-27.
- "Cadang pinda nama 41 Parlimen, DUN | Berita Harian". www.bharian.com.my. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
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