Johol (state constituency)

Johol (N19)
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman; BN
;
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2026
Demographics
Electors (2023)	12,313

N19 Johol within Negeri Sembilan, as used for the 2023 and 2026 state elections

Johol is a state constituency in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 1959 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Johol's electorate as of 2023^[2]

Malay (72.8%)
Chinese (16.3%)
Other ethnicities (5.73%)
Indian (5.21%)

History

Polling districts

According to the Gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Johol constituency has a total of 10 polling districts.^[3]

State Constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Johol（N19）	Kampong Kepis	129/19/01	SK Kepis
	Malan Baru	129/19/02	SJK (C) Kg Baru Kepis
	Dangi	129/19/03	SJK (C) Pei Chun Dangi
	Kampung Selaru	129/19/04	SK Dangi
	Inas	129/19/05	SK Inas
	Kampong Padang Jual	129/19/06	Balai Raya Kampung Padang Jual Johol
	Pekan Johol	129/19/07	SJK (C) Yuk Chai Johol
	Kuala Johol	129/19/08	SK Undang Johol
	Kampung Nuri	129/19/09	SMK Datuk Undang Abdul Manap
	Ayer Mawang	129/19/10	SK Nuri

Representation history

Members of Assembly for Johol
Assembly	No	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	N02	1959-1964	Abu Kassim Saad	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd	N02	1964-1969	Sapiah Talib	Alliance (UMNO)
		1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	N02	1971-1973	Sapiah Talib	Alliance (UMNO)
3rd	N02	1973-1974	Sapiah Talib	BN (UMNO)
4th	N16	1974-1978	Hamzah Yatim
5th		1978-1982	Hamzah Yatim
6th		1982-1986	Ishak Mohamed Yusof
7th	N14	1986-1990	Darus Salim Bulin
8th	N14	1990-1995
9th	N15	1995-1999
10th	N15	1999-2004
11th	N19	2004-2008	Roslan Mohd Yusof
12th		2008-2013	Roslan Mohd Yusof
13th		2013-2018	Abu Samah Mahat
14th		2018-2023	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman
15th		2023–2026
16th		2026–present

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2026
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	6,663	74.51	11.82
	PH	Mohd Zailan Munawar	2,280	25.49	25.49
Total valid votes			8,943	100.00
Total rejected ballots			109
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			9,062	73.49	5.17
Registered electors			12,331
Majority			4,383	49.01	23.63
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	5,228	62.69	13.35
	PN	Kamaruddin Mat Tahir	3,111	37.31	37.31
Total valid votes			8,339	100.00
Total rejected ballots			66
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			8,412	68.32	14.08
Registered electors			12,313
Majority			2,117	25.38	13.20
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Saiful Yazan Sulaiman	3,907	49.34	9.08
	PH	Zulkefly Mohamad Omar	2,942	37.16	37.16
	PAS	Kamaruddin Md Tahir	1,069	13.50	28.08
Total valid votes			7,918	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			8,150	82.40	2.22
Registered electors			9,891
Majority			965	12.18	4.66
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abu Samah Mahat	4,662	58.42	1.75
	PAS	Nor Azman Mohamad	3,318	41.58	1.75
Total valid votes			7,980	100.00
Total rejected ballots			190
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			8,192	84.62	10.23
Registered electors			9,681
Majority			1,334	16.84	3.50
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Roslan Mohd Yusof	3,737	60.17	8.41
	PAS	Kamarudin Md Tahir	2,474	39.83	8.41
Total valid votes			6,211	100.00
Total rejected ballots			226
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,437	74.39	0.86
Registered electors			8,653
Majority			1,263	20.33	16.82
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Roslan Md Yusof	4,354	68.58	11.52
	PAS	Kamarudin Md Tahir	1,995	31.42	11.52
Total valid votes			6,349	100.00
Total rejected ballots			189
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,538	73.54	3.91
Registered electors			8,891
Majority			2,359	37.16	23.05
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Darus Salim Bulin	3,429	57.05	16.92
	PAS	Rusli Idris	2,581	42.95	42.95
Total valid votes			6,010	100.00
Total rejected ballots			257
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			6,277	69.62	0.28
Registered electors			9,016
Majority			848	14.11	38.24
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Darus Salim Bulin	4,307	73.98	4.22
	Independent	Rameli Dahalan	1,259	21.62	21.62
	S46	Sued Husin	256	4.40	25.85
Total valid votes			5,822	100.00
Total rejected ballots			241
Unreturned ballots			19
Turnout			6,082	69.34	5.21
Registered electors			8,771
Majority			3,048	52.35	12.84
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Darus Salim Bulin	4,041	69.76	10.09
	S46	Omar Othman	1,752	30.24	30.24
Total valid votes			5,793	100.00
Total rejected ballots			346
Unreturned ballots			2
Turnout			6,141	74.55	3.73
Registered electors			8,237
Majority			2,289	39.51	20.17
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1986
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Darus Salim Bulin	3,076	59.67	26.35
	Independent	Rameli Dahalan	2,079	40.33	40.33
Total valid votes			5,155	100.00
Total rejected ballots			393
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,548	70.83	3.75
Registered electors			7,833
Majority			997	19.34	52.70
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1982
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ishak Mohd. Yusof	4,332	86.02	31.39
	PAS	Othman Hamzah	704	13.98	7.36
Total valid votes			5,036	100.00
Total rejected ballots			299
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,335	74.57	6.53
Registered electors			7,154
Majority			3,628	72.04	52.17
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1978
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Hamzah Yatim	2,717	54.64
	Independent	Sapiah binti Talib	1,729	34.77
	PAS	Othman D. Pg. Bachek	329	6.62
	DAP	Ahmad Talal Abdul Razim	198	3.98
Total valid votes			4,973	100.00
Total rejected ballots			309
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,282	81.10	81.10
Registered electors			6,513
Majority			988	19.87	19.87
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1974
Party		Candidate	Votes	∆%
On the nomination day, Hamzah Yatim won uncontested.
	BN	Hamzah Yatim
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors			5,819
Majority
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing	-

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1969
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sapiah binti Talib	2,800	64.04	8.96
	PMIP	Ismail Tahat	1,572	35.96	31.96
Total valid votes			4,372	100.00
Total rejected ballots			402
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,774	77.44	5.24
Registered electors			6,165
Majority			1,228	28.09	3.44
	Alliance hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1964
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Sapiah binti Talib	2,535	55.08	3.89
	Independent	Harun Mulop	1,084	23.55	6.70
	Socialist Front	Tan Fot Lan	660	14.34	14.34
	PMIP	H. Ondot Jimak	184	4.00	6.78
	UDP	Anthony Lim Joo Hoa	139	3.02	3.02
Total valid votes			4,602	100.00
Total rejected ballots			323
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,925	82.68	4.29
Registered electors			5,957
Majority			1,451	31.53	2.81
	Alliance hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1959
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abu Kasim Saad	2,392	58.97
	Independent	Gan Eng Kwee	1,227	30.25
	PMIP	A. Ghani A. Samad	437	10.77
Total valid votes			4,056	100.00
Total rejected ballots			175
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,231	78.38
Registered electors			5,398
Majority			1,165	28.72
This was a new constituency created.

References

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".
↑ "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
↑ Federal Gazette

[1] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".

[2] "15th Negeri Sembilan State Election - Results Overview". live.chinapress.com. Retrieved 2023-08-21.

[3] Federal Gazette

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