Melekek (state constituency)

Melekek

Malacca constituency
Defunct state constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
Constituency created	1994
Constituency abolished	2004
First contested	1995
Last contested	1999

Melekek was a state constituency in Malacca, Malaysia, that was represented in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2004.

The state constituency was created in the 1994 redistribution and was mandated to return a single member to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system.

History

It was abolished in 2004 when it was redistributed.

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Melekek
Assembly	No	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Sungai Bahru and Kelemak
9th	N03	1995–1997	Mohd Zin Mohd Said	BN (UMNO)
		1997–1999	Nawi Ahmad
10th		1999–2004
Constituency split into Taboh Naning and Ayer Limau

Election results

Source:

Malacca state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nawi Ahmad	4,153	69.36	27.91
	PKR	Muhd Zahid Md Arip	1,835	30.64	30.64
Total valid votes			5,988	100.00
Total rejected ballots			157
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,145	75.67	14.75
Registered electors			8,121
Majority			2,318	38.71	55.83
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state by-election, 1997
Upon the death of the incumbent, Mohd Zin Mohd Said

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nawi Ahmad	4,559	97.27	6.60
	Independent	J. Appalasamy	128	2.73	2.73
Total valid votes			4,687	100.00
Total rejected ballots			110
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,797	60.92	13.04
Registered electors			7,874
Majority			4,431	94.54	13.19
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Mohd Zin Mohd Said	5,006	90.67
	PAS	Md Yusof Osman	515	9.33
Total valid votes			5,521	100.00
Total rejected ballots			136
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			5,672	73.96
Registered electors			7,669
Majority			4,491	81.34
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 2016-05-25.