Santan

Perlis constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Perlis State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Mohammad Azmir Azizan PN
Constituency created	1994
First contested	1995
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Electors (2022)[1]	10,751

Santan is a state constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Perlis State Legislative Assembly.

The state constituency was created in 1994. It was first contested in 1995 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Perlis State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system. Since 2022, the State Assemblyman for Santan is Mohammad Azmir Azizan from Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Definition

Demographics

Election results

Perlis state election, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Mohammad Azmir Azizan	4,752	56.40	56.40
	BN	Azizan Sulaiman	2,644	31.08	9.68
	PH	Che Mazlina Che Yob	1,030	12.22	17.88
Total valid votes			8,426	100.00
Total rejected ballots			72
Unreturned ballots			13
Turnout			8,511	79.20	3.76
Registered electors			10,751
Majority			2,108
	PN gain from BN		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Azizan Sulaiman	3,071	40.76	16.63
	PH	Che Mazlina Che Yob	2,122	30.10	30.10
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Baharuddin Ahmad	2,088	29.14	13.47
Total valid votes			7,281	100.00
Total rejected ballots			102
Unreturned ballots			10
Turnout			7,393	82.96	5.67
Registered electors			8,912
Majority			949
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) [3]

Perlis state election, 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabry Ahmad	4,209	57.39	1.68
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir	3,125	42.61	1.68
Total valid votes			7,334	100.00
Total rejected ballots			93
Unreturned ballots			22
Turnout			7,449	88.63	3.71
Registered electors			8,405
Majority			1,084
	BN hold		Swing
Source(s) "Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, State Legislative Assembly for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 185/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27. "Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, State Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 226/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-27.

Perlis state election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabry Ahmad	3,475	55.71	0.89
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Abd Rashid Abd Rahman	2,763	44.29	0.89
Total valid votes			6,238	100.00
Total rejected ballots			101
Unreturned ballots			12
Turnout			6,351	84.92	1.60
Registered electors			7,479
Majority			712
	BN hold		Swing

Perlis state election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Sabry Ahmad	3,284	54.82	7.34
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zolkharnain Abidin	2,706	45.18	7.34
Total valid votes			5,990	100.00
Total rejected ballots			73
Unreturned ballots
Turnout			6,063	86.52	1.18
Registered electors			7,008
Majority			578
	BN gain from Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party		Swing		?

Perlis state election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party	Zolkharnain Abidin	2,802	52.52	15.90
	BN	Bahari Taib	2,533	47.48	15.90
Total valid votes			5,335	100.00
Total rejected ballots			87
Unreturned ballots			87
Turnout			5,509	85.34	8.26
Registered electors			6,455
Majority			269
	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party gain from BN		Swing		?

References

• "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2016-04-27.