Utan Aji (state constituency)

Utan Aji

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.

History

It was abolished in 1995 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Utan Aji
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created
1st	N09	1959-1964	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964-1969	Taharim Ariffin	PMIP
		1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	N09	1971-1973	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	Alliance (UMNO)
		1973-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th		1974–1978
5th		1978-1982	Idrus Kassim
6th		1982–1986
7th	N10	1986-1990	Fadzil Mahmood
8th		1990–1995
Constituency abolished, split into Simpang Empat, Kayang and Tambun Tulang

Election results

Perlis state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,708	64.49	0.18
	S46	Idrus Kassim	1,491	35.51	35.51
Total valid votes			4,199	100.00
Total rejected ballots			149
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,348	79.26	3.87
Registered electors			5,486
Majority			1,217	28.98	0.37
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Fadzil Mahmood	2,270	64.31	1.51
	PAS	Ahmad Tajuddin Salleh	1,260	35.69	1.51
Total valid votes			3,530	100.00
Total rejected ballots			113
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,643	75.39	4.16
Registered electors			4,832
Majority			1,010	28.61	3.03
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idrus Kassim	3,029	65.82	9.42
	PAS	Mohamad Noor	1,573	34.18	9.42
Total valid votes			4,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			129
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,731	79.55	1.23
Registered electors			5,947
Majority			1,456	31.64	18.84
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Idrus Kassim	2,273	56.40	5.32
	PAS	Bakri Hashim	1,757	43.60	43.60
Total valid votes			4,030	100.00
Total rejected ballots			193
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,223	80.78	0.33
Registered electors			5,228
Majority			516	12.80	16.23
	BN hold		Swing		{{{2}}}

Perlis state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	2,096	61.72	11.50
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia	Saad Man	1,110	32.69	32.69
	Independent	Yusof Osman	190	5.59	5.59
Total valid votes			3,396	100.00
Total rejected ballots			365
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,761	81.11	0.23
Registered electors			4,637
Majority			986	29.03	28.60
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,868	50.22	4.29
	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	1,852	49.78	4.29
Total valid votes			3,720	100.00
Total rejected ballots			216
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,936	81.34	0.89
Registered electors			4,839
Majority			16	0.43	7.71
	Alliance gain from PMIP		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PMIP	Taharim Ariffin	1,680	54.07	9.58
	Alliance	Syed Darus Syed Hashim	1,427	45.93	9.58
Total valid votes			3,107	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,295	82.23	3.98
Registered electors			4,007
Majority			253	8.14	2.87
	PMIP gain from Alliance		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1959

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			0
Turnout			2,522	78.25
Registered electors			3,223
Majority			271	11.01
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.