Machap (Malacca state constituency)

Machap

Malacca constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1974
Constituency abolished	2018
First contested	1974
Last contested	2013

Machap was a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Melaka State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was first contested in 1974 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

History

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Machap
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungai Bahru
4th	N03	1974-1988	Yeow Kay (姚繼)	BN (MCA)
5th		1978-1982	Ng Kim Fong (吳金峰)
6th		1982-1986
Constituency abolished, renamed to Bukit Sedanan
Constituency re-created from Bukit Sedanan
11th	N08	2004 – 2007	Poh Ah Tiam (傅潤添)	BN (MCA)
		2007 - 2008	Lai Meng Chong (賴明忠)
12th		2008 – 2013
13th		2013 – 2018
Constituency renamed to Machap Jaya

Election results

The electoral results for the Machap Jaya Malacca state constituency in 2008 are 2013 are as follows.

Malacca state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lai Meng Chong	5,003	50.46	10.08
	PKR	Ginie Lim Siew Lin	4,851	48.93	9.47
	KITA	Ravinther Sekaran	61	0.61	0.62
Total valid votes			9,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			208
Unreturned ballots			18
Turnout			10,141	86.81	9.71
Registered electors			11,682
Majority			152	1.53	19.55
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 192/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2016-05-21. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Selangor [P.U. (B) 233/2013]". Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-02. Retrieved 2016-05-21."undi.info N07 Machap".

Malacca state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lai Meng Chong	4,707	60.54	18.67
	PKR	Ginie Lim Siew Lin	3,068	39.46	39.46
Total valid votes			7,775	100.00
Total rejected ballots			201
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			7,986	77.10	2.75
Registered electors			10,358
Majority			1,639	21.08	37.35
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "undi.info N07 Machap".

Malacca state by-election, 12 April 2007
Upon the death of incumbent, Poh Ah Tiam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lai Meng Chong	5,533	79.21	2.77
	DAP	Liou Chen Kuang	1,452	20.79	2.77
Total valid votes			6,985	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			4
Turnout			7,155	74.35	0.02
Registered electors			9,623
Majority			4,081	58.43	5.54
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "undi.info N07 Machap".

Malacca state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Poh Ah Tiam	5,847	81.98
	DAP	Liou Chen Kuang	1,285	18.02
Total valid votes			7,132	100.00
Total rejected ballots			202
Unreturned ballots			16
Turnout			7,350	74.33
Registered electors			9,889
Majority			4,562	63.97
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Kim Fong	3,757	62.10	9.27
	DAP	Lim Swee	1,369	22.63	7.48
	PAS	Ahmad Baba	709	11.72	5.34
	Independent	Khoo Peck Wan	215	3.55	3.55
Total valid votes			6,050	100.00
Total rejected ballots			148
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,198	76.89	2.60
Registered electors			8,061
Majority			2,388	39.47	16.75
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ng Kim Fong	2,734	52.83	14.19
	DAP	Wu Tek Mee	1,558	30.11	30.11
	PAS	Ahmad Baba	883	17.06	17.06
Total valid votes			5,175	100.00
Total rejected ballots			297
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,472	79.49	2.57
Registered electors			6,884
Majority			1,176	22.72	20.65
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Yeow Kay	3,006	67.02
	PEKEMAS	Ahad Osman	1,061	23.66
	Independent	Amat Muin	418	9.32
Total valid votes			4,485	100.00
Total rejected ballots			262
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,747	82.06
Registered electors			5,785
Majority			1,945	43.37
This was a new constituency created.