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Padang Besar (federal constituency)

Padang Besar is a federal constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

Perlis constituency

Dewan Rakyat
Rushdan RusmiPN
1994
1995
2022
86,798
60,192
450
192.9

Padang Besar is a federal constituency in Perlis, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat since 1995.

The federal constituency was created from parts of the Kangar constituency in the 1994 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system.

As of 2020, Padang Besar has a population of 86,798 people.

According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Padang Besar constituency is divided into 27 polling districts.

State constituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Titi Tinggi (N01)	Jalan Padang Besar	001/01/01	SMK Raja Puan Muda Tengku Fauziah
Titi Tinggi	001/01/02	SK Titi Tinggi
FELDA Mata Ayer	001/01/03	SK (FELDA) Mata Ayer
Kampong Kastam	001/01/04	SK Padang Besar Utara
Padang Besar	001/01/05	SMK Padang Besar Utara
FELDA Rimba Mas	001/01/06	SK (FELDA) Rimba Mas
Lubok Sireh	001/01/07	SK Lubok Sireh
Beseri（N02）	Pekan Kaki Bukit	001/02/01	SJK (C) Kong Hwa
Tasoh	001/02/02	Kem Tasoh Pusat Ko-Kurikulum JPN Perlis
Guar Jentik	001/02/03	SK Guar Jentik
Beseri	001/02/04	SK Beseri
Tunjong	001/02/05	SMK Tengku Sulaiman
Chuping（N03）	Panggas	001/03/01	SMK Datuk Jaafar Hasan
Sungai Buloh	001/03/02	SK Batu Bertangkup
Kilang Gula Chuping	001/03/03	SR Islam III
Kubang Perun	001/03/04	SMK Guar Nangka
Guar Nangka	001/03/05	SK Guar Nangka
FELDA Chuping	001/03/06	SK (FELDA) Chuping
Mata Ayer（N04）	Tok Kaya Man	001/04/01	SK Dato Kayaman
Hutan Temin	001/04/02	SK Oran
Kampung Gial	001/04/03	SJK (C) Kong Aik
Santan（N05）	Kampong Darat	001/05/01	SK Seri Tunjong
Paya	001/05/02	SK Paya
Alor Tampang	001/05/03	Pusat Kegiatan (Kemas) Alor Tampang
Padang Lati	001/05/04	Dewan Seri Melati Beseri
Padang Pauh	001/05/05	SMK Abi
Santan	001/05/06	SK Santan

Members of Parliament for Padang Besar
9th	P001	1995–1999	Azmi Khalid (عزمي خالد)	BN (UMNO)	17,013 71.02%
10th	1999–2004	14,386 59.32%
11th	2004–2008	18,323 66.92%
12th	2008–2013	16,991 59.34%
13th	2013–2018	Zahidi Zainul Abidin (زاهدي زاين العابدين)	21,473 60.45%
14th	2018–2022	15,032 41.18%
15th	2022–present	Rushdan Rusmi (رشدان روسمي)	PN (PAS)	24,267 53.58%

| Parliamentary constituency | State constituency | | | --- | --- | --- | | Padang Besar | | Beseri | | Chuping | | | | Mata Ayer | | | | Santan | | | | Titi Tinggi | | |

State Constituency	Area
Beseri	Beseri
Kaki Bukit
Kampung Alor Kangar
Kampung Bukit Manik
Wang Kelian
Chuping	FELDA Chuping
Kampung Perit
Kampung Bukit Jernih
Kubang Tiga
Pekan Chuping
Mata Ayer	Kampung Gial
Kampung Guar Nangka
Kampung Satan
Mata Ayer
Tok Kaya Man
Santan	Kampung Paya
Kampung Titi Teras
Padang Lati
Padang Melangit
Padang Pauh
Titi Tinggi	FELCRA Lubuk Sireh
FELDA Mata Air
FELDA Rimba Mas
Padang Besar
Titi Tinggi

No.	State Constituency	Member	Coalition (Party)
N1	Titi Tinggi	Izizam Ibrahim	PN (BERSATU)
N2	Beseri	Haziq Asyraf Dun	PN (PAS)
N3	Chuping	Vacant
N4	Mata Ayer	Wan Badariah Wan Saad	PN (PAS)
N5	Santan	Mohammad Azmir Azizan

No.	Local Government	Postcode
P001	Kangar Municipal Council	01000, 02400, 02450, 02500 Kangar
02100 Padang Besar
02200 Kaki Bukit

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Rushdan Rusmi	24,267	53.58	53.58
	BN	Zahida Zarik Khan	11,753	25.95	19.23
	PH	Mohamad Yahaya	7,085	15.64	15.64
	Independent	Zahidi Zainul Abidin	1,939	1.56	1.56
	Heritage	Ko Chu Liang	244	0.54	0.54
Total valid votes	45,288	100.00
Total rejected ballots	693
Unreturned ballots	78
Turnout	46,059	76.52	4.68
Registered electors	60,192
Majority	12,514	27.63	23.69
	PN gain from BN	Swing	?
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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zahidi Zainul Abidin	15,032	41.18	19.27
	PKR	Izizam Ibrahim	13,594	37.24	37.24
	PAS	Mokhtar Senik	7,874	21.57	17.98
Total valid votes	36,500	100.00
Total rejected ballots	780
Unreturned ballots	152
Turnout	37,432	81.20
Registered electors	46,096
Majority	1,438	3.94
	BN hold	Swing	28.26
Source(s)

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 306/2018]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 28 May 2018. | | | | | |

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Zahidi Zainul Abidin	21,473	60.45	1.11
	PAS	Azamhari Mohamood	14,047	39.55	1.11
Total valid votes	35,520	100.00
Total rejected ballots	531
Unreturned ballots	91
Turnout	36,142	86.11
Registered electors	41,974
Majority	7,426	20.9
	BN hold	Swing	1.11
Source(s)
"Federal Government Gazette - Notice of Contested Election, Parliament for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 169/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 26 April 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-29.

"Federal Government Gazette - Results of Contested Election and Statements of the Poll after the Official Addition of Votes, Parliamentary Constituencies for the State of Perlis [P.U. (B) 210/2013]" (PDF). Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia. 22 May 2013. | | | | | |

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Baseri @ Azmi Khalid	16,991	59.34	7.58
	PAS	Zolkharnain Abidin	11,643	40.66	7.58
Total valid votes	28,634	100.00
Total rejected ballots	674
Unreturned ballots	2
Turnout	29,310	80.05
Registered electors	36,613
Majority	5,348	18.68
	BN hold	Swing	7.58

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Baseri @ Azmi Khalid	18,323	66.92	7.60
	PAS	Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim	9,058	33.08	33.08
Total valid votes	27,381	100.00
Total rejected ballots	672
Unreturned ballots	400
Turnout	28,453	83.93
Registered electors	33,899
Majority	9,265	33.84
	BN hold	Swing	12.74

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	BN	Baseri @ Azmi Khalid	14,386	59.32	11.70
	PKR	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir	9,867	40.68	40.68
Total valid votes	24,253	100.00
Total rejected ballots	441
Unreturned ballots	653
Turnout	25,347	78.04
Registered electors	32,748
Majority	4,519	18.64
	BN hold	Swing	26.19

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	BN	Baseri @ Azmi Khalid	17,013	71.02
	PAS	Hisharudin Hasan	6,943	28.98
Total valid votes	23,956	100.00
Total rejected ballots	1,083
Unreturned ballots	815
Turnout	25,854	77.65
Registered electors	33,295
Majority	10,070	42.04
This was a new constituency created out of Kangar which went to BN in the previous election.

"Keputusan Pilihan Raya Suruhanjaya Pilihan Raya". Election Commission of Malaysia.

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