Bukit Kepong (state constituency)

Bukit Kepong
Johor constituency
State constituency
Legislature	Johor State Legislative Assembly
MLA	Sahruddin Jamal; PN
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Constituency created	2018
First contested	2018
Last contested	2022
Demographics
Population (2020)	34,670
Electors (2022)	37,495
Area (km²)	1,023

Bukit Kepong is a state constituency in Johor, Malaysia, that is represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

The state constituency was first contested in 2018 and is mandated to return a single Assemblyman to the Johor State Legislative Assembly under the first-past-the-post voting system.

Demographics

Ethnic breakdown of Bukit Kepong's electorate as of 2022

Malay (70.24%)

Chinese (26.3%)

Indian (2.78%)

Other ethnicities (0.58%)

Sabah Bumiputera (0.06%)

Sarawak Bumiputera (0.04%)

History

Polling districts

According to the federal gazette issued on 30 March 2018, the Bukit Kepong constituency is divided into 27 polling districts.^[2]

State conatituency	Polling Districts	Code	Location
Bukit Kepong (N07）	Bandar Bukit Kepong	143/07/01	SJK (C) Kepong
	FELCRA Paya Kepar	143/07/02	SK FELCRA Bukit Kepong
	Ma'Okil	143/07/03	SKTP Ma'Okil
	Bukit Kepong	143/07/04	SK Bukit Kepong
	Lenga Utara	143/07/05	SK Lenga
	Lenga Selatan	143/07/06	SJK (C) Lenga
	Kampong Bahru	143/07/07	SA Kampung Baru Batu 28
	Lenga	143/07/08	SK LKTP Batu 27
	Kampong Gombang	143/07/09	SK Gombang
	Liang Batu	143/07/10	SK Liang Batu
	Lenga Road	143/07/11	SJK (C) Renchong
	Pagoh	143/07/12	SMK Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah
	Bandar Pagoh Utara	143/07/13	SJK (C) Soon Mong
	Bandar Pagoh Selatan	143/07/14	SA Pekan Pagoh
	Paya Redan	143/07/15	SK Paya Redan
	Kampong Teratai	143/07/16	SJK (C) Lian Hwa
	Sri Ledang	143/07/17	SK RKT Sri Ledang
	FELDA Sri Jaya	143/07/18	SMK Tun Sri Lanang
	Durian Chondong	143/07/19	SK Durian Chondong
	Kundang Ulu	143/07/20	SMK Tengku Temenggong Ahmad
	Ladang Serampang	143/07/21	Pejabat Am Ladang Bukit Serampang
	Parit Raja	143/07/22	SK Bukit Rahmat
	Bandar Grisek Timor	143/07/23	SK Gersek
	Kampong Kundang Ulu	143/07/24	SK Kundang Ulu
	Ladang Nasional	143/07/25	SJK (T) Ladang Nordanal
	Kebun Bahru	153/07/26	SJK (C) Kebun Bahru
	Grisek	143/07/27	SJK (C) Pei Eng

Representation history

Members of the Legislative Assembly for Bukit Kepong
Assembly	Years	Member	Party
Constituency created from Bukit Serampang
14th	2018–2020	Sahruddin Jamal (سحرالدين جمال)	PH (BERSATU)
14th	2020–2022		PN (BERSATU)
15th	2022–present		PN (BERSATU)

Election results

Johor state election, 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	PN	Sahruddin Jamal	9,873	44.27	44.27
	BN	Ismail Mohamed	9,163	41.08	2.55
	MUDA	Afiqah Zulkifli	3,076	13.79	13.79
	PEJUANG	Md Taib Suhut	191	0.86	0.86
Total valid votes			22,303	100.00
Total rejected ballots			486
Unreturned ballots			85
Turnout			22,874	61.01	22.99
Registered electors			37,495
Majority			710	3.19	2.16
	PN gain from PH		Swing		?
Source(s) ^[3]^[4]

Johor state election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PH	Sahruddin Jamal	11,665	48.98
	BN	Mohd Noor Taib	10,392	43.63
	PAS	Muhamad Nur Iqbal Abd Razak	1,761	7.39
Total valid votes			23,818	100.00
Total rejected ballots			383
Unreturned ballots			0
Turnout			24,352	84.00
Registered electors			28,992
Majority			1,273	5.35
This was a new constituency created
Source(s) ^[5]^[6]

References

^ "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)
^ "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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
^ "Dashboard SPR".
^ "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Johor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
^ "Undi.info - Pekan Nanas (P165-N55)". Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

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[GE14-1] "Johor 14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14)". The Star. Petaling Jaya. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019. (Note: Under the "Candidates & Results" heading, click on "State".)

[2] "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.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Keputusan #PRNJOHORBERNAMA #PRNJOHOR". prn.bernama.com. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[4] "Dashboard SPR".

[star-5] "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) – Johor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-05-12.

[undi-6] "Undi.info - Pekan Nanas (P165-N55)". Archived from the original on 2019-10-30. Retrieved 2021-03-29.

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