Serkam (state constituency)

Serkam (N26)

Malacca constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Malacca State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Zaidi Attan BN
Constituency created	1959
First contested	1959
Last contested	2021
Demographics
Electors (2021)	15,977

N26 Serkam within Malacca, as used for the 2021 state election

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

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Serkam's electorate as of 2021

1. Malays (90.6%)
2. Chinese (5.85%)
3. Indians (2.92%)
4. Other Ethnicities (0.62%)

History

Polling districts

According to the gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Serkam constituency has a total of 7 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling districts	Code	Location
Serkam (N26)	Bukit Tembakau	139/26/01	SK Bukit Tembakau
	Umbai	139/26/02	SK Datuk Haji Baginda
	Anjung Batu	139/26/03	SJK (C) Kuang Hwa
	Serkam Darat	139/26/04	SM Arab Assaiyidah Khadijah
	Pulai	139/26/05	SK Pulai
	Serkam Pantai	139/26/06	SK Serkam
	Tedong	139/26/07	SK Tedong

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Serkam
Assembly	No	Years	Name	Party
Constituency created
1st	N19	1959-1964	Abdul Chudang	Alliance (UMNO)
2nd		1964-1969	Abdul Ghani Ahmad
		1969-1971	Assembly dissolved
3rd	N19	1971-1974	Hussein Yahya	Alliance (UMNO)
		1971-1974		BN (UMNO)
4th	N09	1974-1978	Abdul Aziz Alias
5th		1978-1982
6th		1982-1986	Nawawi Ahmad
7th	N17	1986-1990	Arifin Baba
8th		1990-1991
		1991-1995	Mohd. Salleh Md. Ali
9th	N24	1995-1999	Ahmad Hamzah
10th		1999-2004
11th	N26	2004-2008
12th		2008-2013	Ghazale Muhamad
13th		2013-2018	Zaidi Attan
14th		2018-2021
15th		2021–present

Election results

Malacca state election, 2026

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BERSAMA	Muhammad Saffie Md Salam
	BN
	PH
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Unreturned ballots
Turnout
Registered electors
Majority

Malacca state election, 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaidi Attan	5,038	43.32	4.14
	PN	Ahmad Bilal Rahaudin	4,959	42.54	42.54
	PH	Mohd Kohmeni Kamal	1,535	13.20	13.20
	Independent	Norazlanshah Hazali	99	0.85	0.85
Total valid votes			11,631	100.00
Total rejected ballots			200
Unreturned ballots			30
Turnout			11,861	74.24	12.90
Registered electors			15,977
Majority			79	0.68	19.61
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) https://lom.agc.gov.my/ilims/upload/portal/akta/outputp/1715764/PUB%20583.pdf

Malacca state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaidi Attan	6,401	47.46	15.56
	PKR	Nor Khairi Yusof	3,664	27.16	27.16
	PAS	Ahmad Bilal Rahudin	3,423	25.38	11.61
Total valid votes			13,488	100.00
Total rejected ballots			191
Unreturned ballots			43
Turnout			13,722	87.13	3.25
Registered electors			15,748
Majority			2,737	20.29	5.74
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zaidi Attan	8,715	63.02	0.40
	PAS	Kamarudin Sedik	5,115	36.98	0.40
Total valid votes			13,830	100.00
Total rejected ballots			185
Unreturned ballots			33
Turnout			14,048	90.38	7.05
Registered electors			15,543
Majority			3,600	26.03	0.80
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ghazale Muhamad	6,997	62.61	8.41
	PAS	Kamarudin Sedik	4,178	37.39	8.41
Total valid votes			11,175	100.00
Total rejected ballots			173
Unreturned ballots			15
Turnout			11,363	83.33	0.18
Registered electors			13,636
Majority			2,819	25.23	16.81
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Hamzah	7,344	71.02	11.49
	PAS	Kamarudin Sedik	2,997	28.98	11.49
Total valid votes			10,341	100.00
Total rejected ballots			176
Unreturned ballots			6
Turnout			10,523	83.52	2.74
Registered electors			12,600
Majority			4,347	42.04	22.98
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Hamzah	5,902	59.53	13.17
	PAS	Halim Ramli	4,013	40.47	13.17
Total valid votes			9,915	100.00
Total rejected ballots			262
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			10,187	80.78	1.32
Registered electors			12,611
Majority			1,889	19.05	26.33
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1995

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Ahmad Hamzah	6,594	72.69	3.10
	PAS	Md Said Omar	2,477	27.31	3.10
Total valid votes			9,071	100.00
Total rejected ballots			163
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			9,246	79.46	7.21
Registered electors			11,636
Majority			4,117	45.39	6.21
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state by-election, 14 December 1991
Upon the death of the incumbent, Arifin Baba

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Md Saleh Md Ali	6,764	69.59	3.89
	PAS	Said Omar	2,956	30.41	3.89
Total valid votes			9,720	100.00
Total rejected ballots			121
Unreturned ballots			7
Turnout			9,848	72.25	6.86
Registered electors			13,631
Majority			3,808	39.18	7.77
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1990

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arifin Baba	7,617	73.47	1.51
	PAS	Salleh Ayolo	2,750	26.53	1.51
Total valid votes			10,367	100.00
Total rejected ballots			396
Unreturned ballots			20
Turnout			10,783	79.11	7.17
Registered electors			13,631
Majority			4,867	46.95	3.02
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1986

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Arifin Baba	6,476	71.96	0.04
	PAS	Abdul Hamid Samad	2,523	28.04	0.04
Total valid votes			8,999	100.00
Total rejected ballots			392
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			9,391	71.93	4.23
Registered electors			13,055
Majority			3,953	43.93	0.08
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1982

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Nawawi Ahmad	4,926	71.92	9.53
	PAS	Salleh Ayob	1,923	28.08	1.99
Total valid votes			6,849	100.00
Total rejected ballots			166
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			7,015	76.17	1.62
Registered electors			9,210
Majority			3,003	43.85	7.54
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1978

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Alias	3,686	62.39	20.59
	PAS	Mansor Ngah	1,541	26.08	26.08
	DAP	Md. Ramli Md. Natar	681	11.53	11.53
Total valid votes			5,908	100.00
Total rejected ballots			230
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			6,138	77.78	1.04
Registered electors			7,891
Majority			2,145	36.31	29.65
	BN hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1974

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Abdul Aziz Alias	4,085	82.98	25.52
	PEKEMAS	Abdul Chudang	838	17.02	17.02
Total valid votes			4,923	100.00
Total rejected ballots			284
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			5,207	76.74	5.23
Registered electors			6,785
Majority			3,247	65.96	44.09
	BN gain from Alliance		Swing		-

Malacca state election, 1969

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Hussain Yahya	2,804	57.46	5.70
	PMIP	Abdul Rahim Baba	1,737	35.59	6.04
	Parti Sosialis Rakyat Malaysia	Mohd. Salleh Mohamad	339	6.95	0.34
Total valid votes			4,880	100.00
Total rejected ballots			49
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,929	81.97	0.72
Registered electors			6,013
Majority			1,067	21.86	11.74
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1964

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Alliance	Ab. Ghani Ahmad	2,686	63.16	3.80
	PMIP	Mohamed Taha Kallu	1,257	29.56	3.48
	Socialist Front	Abdullah Mat Amin	310	7.29	7.29
Total valid votes			4,253	100.00
Total rejected ballots			237
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			4,490	82.69	0.27
Registered electors			5,430
Majority			1,429	33.60	0.32
	Alliance hold		Swing

Malacca state election, 1959

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Alliance	Abdul Chudang	2,357	66.96
	PMIP	Mohamed Taha Kallu	1,163	33.04
Total valid votes			3,520	100.00
Total rejected ballots			48
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			3,568	82.42
Registered electors			4,329
Majority			1,194	33.92
This was a new constituency created.

References

"14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Melaka". election.thestar.com.my.