Repah

Repah (N36)
Negeri Sembilan constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Koh Kim Swee; BN
;
Constituency created	1984
First contested	1986
Last contested	2026
Demographics
Electors (2023)	27,284

Repah 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 1986 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 Repah's electorate as of 2018^[2]

Chinese (41.4%)
Malay (39.5%)
Indian (17.6%)
Other ethnicities (1.52%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 24 March 2018, the Repah constituency has a total of 8 polling districts.^[3]

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Repah (N36)	Repah	133/36/01	SMA Repah
	Kampong Bahru Tampin	133/36/02	SJK (C) Kg Baru Tampin
	Pekan Tampin	133/36/03	SJK (T) Tampin
	Kampong Batu Belang	133/36/04	SMK Taman Indah
	Keru	133/36/05	SK Keru
	Tebong	136/36/06	SK Tunku Syed Syaaban
	Kampong Asahan	136/36/07	Maahad Ahmadi Gemencheh
	Taman Indah	133/36/08	SK Tengku Zainun

Representation history

Member of the Legislative for Repah
Assembly	No	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created from Gemencheh
7th	N11	1986-1990	Lay Chun Tai @ Loy Chee Tai (黎志泰)	BN (MCA)
8th		1990-1995
9th		1995-1997
9th		1997-1999	Gan Chin Yap (顏振業)
10th		1999-2004
11th	N36	2004-2008
12th		2008-2013	Veerapan Superamaniam	PR (DAP)
13th		2013-2018		PR (DAP)
14th		2018-2023		PH (DAP)
15th		2023–2026		PH (DAP)
16th		2026–present	Koh Kim Swee (許金水)	BN (MCA)

Election results

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2026: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Koh Kim Swee	9,779	51.16	51.16
	PH	Veerapan Superamaniam	9,335	48.84	18.59
Total valid votes			19,114	100.00
Total rejected ballots			182
Unreturned ballots			17
Turnout			19,313	69.20	7.47
Registered electors			27,910
Majority			444	2.32	32.54
	BN gain from PH		Swing		?

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2023: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PH	Veerapan Superamaniam	11,507	67.43	67.43
	PN	Yong Li Yi	5,557	32.57	32.57
Total valid votes			17,064	100.00
Total rejected ballots			193
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			17,277	63.32	20.67
Registered electors			27,284
Majority			5,950	34.86	5.74
	PH hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2018: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PKR	Veerapan Superamaniam	9,568	58.57	58.57
	BN	Koh Kim Swee	4,810	29.45	10.15
	PAS	Abdul Razakek Abdul Rahim	1,957	11.98	11.98
Total valid votes			16,335	100.00
Total rejected ballots			189
Unreturned ballots			56
Turnout			16,580	83.98	1.68
Registered electors			19,742
Majority			4,758	29.12	16.99
	PKR hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2013: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Veerapan Superamaniam	8,293	51.73	0.70
	BN	Yap Seong Fook	6,349	39.60	7.97
	Independent	Fadzil A. Bakar	1,390	8.67	8.67
Total valid votes			16,032	100.00
Total rejected ballots			291
Unreturned ballots			44
Turnout			16,367	85.66	10.80
Registered electors			19,107
Majority			1,944	12.13	7.27
	DAP hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2008: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	DAP	Veerapan Superamaniam	5,977	52.43	16.36
	BN	Yap Seong Fook	5,424	47.57	16.36
Total valid votes			11,401	100.00
Total rejected ballots			441
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			11,842	74.86	0.87
Registered electors			15,819
Majority			553	4.85	23.02
	DAP gain from BN		Swing		?

Negeri Sembilan state election, 2004: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gan Chin Yap	6,538	63.94	8.88
	DAP	Kok Chan Wah	3,688	36.06	8.88
Total valid votes			10,226	100.00
Total rejected ballots			388
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			10,614	73.99	0.46
Registered electors			14,345
Majority			2,850	27.87	17.77
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1999: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gan Chin Yap	5,301	55.05	12.05
	DAP	Kok Chan Wah	4,328	44.95	12.05
Total valid votes			9,629	100.00
Total rejected ballots			276
Unreturned ballots			55
Turnout			9,960	74.45	13.70
Registered electors			13,378
Majority			973	10.10	24.09
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state by-election, 29 May 1997: Repah
Upon the death of the incumbent, Lay Chun Tai
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Gan Chin Yap	4,550	67.10	6.89
	DAP	Wong Zee Nyok	2,231	32.90	7.93
Total valid votes			6,781	100.00
Total rejected ballots			147
Unreturned ballots			102
Turnout			7,030	60.76	12.47
Registered electors			11,571
Majority			2,319	34.20	1.04
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1995: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lay Chun Tai	4,769	60.21	1.25
	DAP	Lai Kui	1,978	24.97	8.33
	Independent	S. Omar S. Abdullah	865	10.92	5.68
	PAS	Aminuddin Abdullah	309	3.90	3.90
Total valid votes			7,921	100.00
Total rejected ballots			250
Unreturned ballots			131
Turnout			8,302	73.22	1.63
Registered electors			11,338
Majority			2,791	35.24	7.09
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1990: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Lay Chun Tai	4,410	61.45	9.36
	DAP	Abd. Malek Aman	2,390	33.31	18.03
	Independent	Mokhtar Sariat	376	5.24	27.39
Total valid votes			7,176	100.00
Total rejected ballots			222
Unreturned ballots			24
Turnout			7,422	74.86	1.32
Registered electors			9,915
Majority			2,020	28.15	8.68
	BN hold		Swing

Negeri Sembilan state election, 1986: Repah
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Lay Chun Tai	3,315	52.10
	Independent	Woo Ah Lek	2,076	32.63
	DAP	Lee Kong Chon	972	15.28
Total valid votes			6,363	100.00
Total rejected ballots			257
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,620	73.54
Registered electors			9,002
Majority			1,239	19.47
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.

↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Negri Sembilan".
↑ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.
↑ "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

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

[star-2] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Results Overview". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2023-03-05.

[3] "Federal Government Gazette: Notice of Polling Districts and Polling Centres for the Federal and State Constituencies of the States of Malaya [P.U. (B) 157/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 2018-03-30. Retrieved 2019-01-03.

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